Zugzwang

[Verse 1] You move like silence Across my frame No warning given Still I feel the change Every position I calculate But you don’t follow The lines I make I held the center I held it still But something shifted Against my will [Pre-Chorus] You don’t play to win You play to leave And I keep tracing What I can’t keep [Chorus] You pull me into moves I never choose Like I was written just to lose No check, no warning, no clear design Just pressure building over time I see the pattern I know the game But every path still ends the same You don’t have to touch me to control the board I feel you even when you’re gone [Verse 2] I learned your rhythm Your quiet tells The way you vanish Between the cells You break the structure Then disappear Like something distant Was always here I tried to name it Define the space But every answer Just shifts your place [Pre-Chorus] You don’t stay long You never do But every absence Still points to you [Chorus] You pull me into moves I never choose Like I was written just to lose No check, no warning, no clear design Just pressure building over time I see the pattern I know the game But every path still ends the same You don’t have to touch me to control the board I feel you even when you’re gone [Bridge] If I reduce it Strip it down It’s just two forces Phasing out Same origin Split in two I solved the system It led to you Or maybe not Maybe I’m Just filling space With something mine [Outro] I had the answer Or so I thought But every line Still leads to loss And I don’t know If it’s by design Or just the shape Of your goodbye