Passing

[Intro] [acoustic guitar strumming, clean electric guitar with delay] [bass and drums enter with syncopated hits] [Verse 1] [breathy tenor vocals] I stood beside the river Long enough to call it still [distorted guitar power chords enter] [Chorus] [full band, driving rhythm] Watching circles form and vanish Patterns folding into waves Tracing meaning through reflections Across the surface that I named Certain I was separated Certain I remained apart Standing on the silent shoreline Measuring currents with my thoughts But every breath I borrow Moved the water just the same Every step I thought was chosen Already carried by the stream [Post-Chorus] Passing through Passing by Passing into what I am Not arriving Not escaping Only moving with the span Of something larger Than the shape I used to hold [Instrumental Break] [syncopated drum fills, heavy guitar riffs, atmospheric synth pads] [Verse 2] [acoustic guitar returns, light percussion] The birds above the valley turning Never asking where they lead Following visible geometry Written somewhere underneath Cloud shadows crossing canyon walls Never struggling to remain Every form already changing Every name already changed [Bridge] [building intensity, layered vocal harmonies] I mistook observation For distance from the flow Mistook silence for an answer Mistook knowing for control [Chorus] Passing through Passing by Passing into what becomes Not the witness Not the question Not the separation from The moving pattern Drawing everything along [Outro] [heavy distorted guitars, double-kick drumming] Passing through, passing on Passing through, passing on The rhythm never asked me To understand Only to enter [final sustained guitar chord with feedback]