Didn’t Make a Scene

[SKIT HARBOR CONTROL] [radio static, harbor wind, distant horn, slow water movement] [Controller: male 1950s radio tone] Vessel requesting departure, vessel ID LB-001 confirm intent and maintain standby while clearance is verified through harbor authority systems [Laizer: Manhattan drawl] Already out of standby, I cleared myself before I even called in [Controller: male 1950s radio tone] Negative clearance confirmed, repeat negative clearance, you are instructed to hold position immediately pending authorization review [Laizer: Manhattan drawl] Copy that, but I’m already moving and the dock’s behind me now [boat engine starts, wake builds, water rushing forward] [VERSE 1] [Laizer: Manhattan drawl] No crowd, no speech, no warning sign I left it clean, I left it fine They look around like something broke But I already cleared the smoke Dock lights flicker, names get called Like I’m still inside that hall I’m not there, I’m not delayed I already moved out the frame [PRE-CHORUS] No noise, no build, no trace I don’t need to leave a place [CHORUS] I didn’t make a scene, I just wasn’t there If you blinked too slow, I already cleared the air I was the only instructor, I set every line Now nobody here can match my time I don’t explain, I don’t pretend I already reached the end Call it exit, call it run I call it already done [VERSE 2] Harbor hum or runway glow Both react to what I know They ask me where I disappeared Like I was ever really here I don’t pause, I don’t delay I already moved that way If they’re asking what I did It finished mid-skip [PRE-CHORUS] No hesitation, no replay I was gone before they say [CHORUS] I didn’t make a scene, I just wasn’t there If you blinked too slow, I already cleared the air I was the only instructor, I set every line Now nobody here can match my time I don’t explain, I don’t pretend I already reached the end Call it exit, call it run I call it already done [BRIDGE] They’ll rewrite it soft and slow Say they saw me go But I don’t leave in ways they track I just don’t come back [FINAL CHORUS] I didn’t make a scene, I just wasn’t there If you blinked too slow, I already cleared the air I was the only instructor, I set every line Now nobody here can match my time I don’t explain, I don’t pretend I already reached the end Call it exit, call it run I call it already done [OUTRO] No echo, no goodbye Just wake in the tide