Patterson Tape (Million Dollar Cut)

Verse 1 (gentle, reflective) You caught me mid-step, mid-thought Mid-turn like I almost stopped Sun in my eyes, gravel loud Didn’t know I was mythic now Verse 2 (half-sung, calm) I’d crossed that river every year Never thought the woods would stare Never learned the human names For being seen and being changed Pre-Chorus (soft realization) You framed me up in shaking hands Like proof was something you could stand Chorus (melodic, aching) I was just walking I was just there Now I’m a question everywhere Slow-motion ghost in borrowed skin I didn’t know what I was then Verse 3 (wry, sad) They slow me down, they zoom me in Argue bones and argument Pause my fear, enhance my shame Turn my body into claims Pre-Chorus 2 If I look back, I look aware If I don’t, I disappear Chorus (slightly bigger) I was just walking Through the frame Didn’t know I’d earn a name Every doubt becomes my face Every blur my resting place Bridge (spoken, intimate) You don’t see the hours before You don’t see me choose the trees You don’t see the leaving Final Chorus (emotional, restrained power) I was just walking Out of sight Learning how to live at night If you still watch, I still move That’s the only truth I use Outro (soft, unresolved) Keep the tape I’ll keep the woods ⸻ (brief silence between tracks — then water ambience fades in)