Another World Away

Verse 1]
Same cracked ceiling staring back at me again
Alarm clock screaming, but I’m already dead
Coffee tastes like yesterday, same bitter end
Dreams I had at twenty now just ghosts inside my head
[Pre-Chorus]
I close my eyes and see it clear as day
A place where colors burn and hearts don’t fade away
[Chorus]
Take me to another world, somewhere wild and bright
Where the sky don’t weigh a ton and the stars still fight
No more waking tired, no more faking fine
Just open roads and open hearts and real damn time
Another world away… another world away
Where I’m not this hollow thing that’s breaking every day
Another world away… god, take me there to stay
[Verse 2]
Scroll through pictures of mountains I’ll never climb
People laughing in places that don’t include my name
I smile for the camera, play the same old game
But inside I’m screaming for a ticket out of frame
[Pre-Chorus]
This life’s a waiting room with no call coming through
I just want to run somewhere the hurt can’t follow you
[Chorus]
Take me to another world, somewhere wild and bright
Where the sky don’t weigh a ton and the stars still fight
No more waking tired, no more faking fine
Just open roads and open hearts and real damn time
Another world away… another world away
Where I’m not this hollow thing that’s breaking every day
Another world away… god, take me there to stay
[Bridge – strip to almost nothing, single trembling guitar note]
I’d trade this gray for fire, this quiet for the roar
Even if it burned me down, I’d beg for more
But the door stays locked, the map stays torn
I’m still here counting cracks till the next damn morn
[Final Chorus – voice thins, reverb swallows the longing]
Another world away… another world away
(…away…)
Where the hurt don’t follow and the nights don’t stay
(…away…)
Take me somewhere brighter… take me anywhere but gray
Another world away…
another… world… away…
[Outro – pedal steel decaying into silence]
Still here… still breathing…
Still waiting… for the escape…

Sad pop ballad, 70 BPM. Raspy, weary male vocals—numb longing, breathy cracks. Minimal synth pads, sparse piano, heavy