[Intro – low, distant, almost spoken] (vinyl crackle… soft choir hum… faint heartbeat) Yeah… I don’t even know if it’s signs or timing… but I feel it… [Hook – chant, call & response feel] Gotta be ready… (ready for what?) Even when silence heavy… (still don’t stop) Prayin’ but it feel empty… (still I talk) If it’s all coincidence… I’m still not lost Gotta be ready… (ready for what?) Even when doubt get loud… (still stand up) If I don’t hear nothin’ now… (I still trust) I been buildin’ through the quiet, that’s enough [Verse 1 – reflective, tight pockets] I was askin’ for a sign, got a moment instead Tried to label it coincidence, it stuck in my head Like why this feel different if it’s random at best? Why it hit me in the chest like it’s somethin’ unsaid I don’t like reachin’, I like facts in my hand But life don’t move like that, it shift how it can So I sit in the gray, where it don’t make sense Half faith, half logic, still payin’ that rent I don’t even ask for help, I just carry it Built a whole world off silence, got married to it Now I’m talkin’ out loud, feel embarrassed a bit Like “who really hear me?”—I ain’t answer it quick [Pre-Hook – melodic lift] If it’s real… why it feel so far away? If it’s me… why I question what I say? If it’s time… why it move like it delay? Still I breathe… like it’s comin’ anyway [Hook – stronger, more layered] Gotta be ready… (ready for what?) Even when silence heavy… (still don’t stop) Prayin’ but it feel empty… (still I talk) If it’s all coincidence… I’m still not lost Gotta be ready… (ready for what?) Even when doubt get loud… (still stand up) If I don’t hear nothin’ now… (I still trust) I been buildin’ through the quiet, that’s enough [Verse 2 – deeper, more personal] Maybe I was never unheard, just unheard by the wrong ears Talkin’ to the void so long, got comfortable in my fears Every time I opened up, it faded or disappeared So I learned to keep it in, now it echo when it clear Now I’m lookin’ at my life like a coded design Little moments line up, but I can’t define Is it fate or my mind tryna cope with the time? Either way it shape me, so I hold it as mine I don’t need a miracle flashin’ in the sky Just a reason not to quit when it’s quiet inside If I never get the answer, I still gotta decide Am I movin’ like I’m chosen… or just waitin’ to die? [Bridge – choir rises, slight Go-Go percussion creeping] (ooooh… yeah…) Even if I don’t see it… Even if I don’t hear it… Even if it’s just feelin’… I’m still here for a reason… (conga taps… off-beat crowd hum) [Final Hook – big, layered, almost anthemic] Gotta be ready… (ready for what?) Even when silence heavy… (still don’t stop) Prayin’ but it feel empty… (still I talk) If it’s all coincidence… I’m still not lost Gotta be ready… (ready for what?) Even when doubt get loud… (still stand up) If I don’t hear nothin’ now… (I still trust) I been buildin’ through the quiet, that’s enough [Outro – stripped, whisper tone] Maybe it ain’t about hearin’ it back… Maybe it’s about not foldin’ in the silence… Yeah… I’m ready.
