Inside Consciousness (Kali)

[Intro] (Soft vinyl crackle... distant guitar bloom... slow heartbeat...) Tell me something... When you close your eyes... Who's watching? [Verse 1] Found a little room beyond the edge of sleep, Where every wall was made of secrets I don't keep. Every whisper wore another version of my face, Like all my wrong turns still remembered where I'd break. You traced a constellation down the side of my skin, Like you already knew the wars I've never let you in. Your fingertips were questions that refused to disappear... And silence sounded beautiful with you standing here. [Pre-Chorus] If every thought becomes another universe... Why do I always find you... Waiting in mine? [Chorus] Maybe we're falling Into the space behind our names. Maybe we're burning Just to become a different flame. You kiss me Like memory existed before time. Maybe forever Was never somewhere we could find... Maybe... Forever was always... Inside consciousness. [Verse 2] The stars don't hang above us... They bloom beneath our ribs. Every scar's a doorway, Every heartbeat learns to drift. You smiled like someone hiding every answer in plain sight, Like truth was wearing lipstick underneath the neon lights. Your body spoke in riddles. Mine answered in smoke. Every touch erased another word I'd never spoke. [Pre-Chorus] If every ending secretly becomes a place to start... Maybe the map Has always been our hearts. [Chorus] Maybe we're falling Into the space behind our names. Maybe we're burning Just to become a different flame. You kiss me Like memory existed before time. Maybe forever Was never somewhere we could find... Maybe... Forever was always... Inside consciousness. [Bridge] Suppose time Isn't a straight line... Maybe it's two souls Learning the same lesson From opposite directions. Suppose love Isn't something we create... Maybe we simply remember it. Maybe every stranger Carries a forgotten piece of us... And every goodbye... Is consciousness... Changing mirrors. (Beat strips away... only bass pulse and distant guitar.) So tell me... When you looked into my eyes... Did you find me? Or... Did you finally find yourself? [Final Chorus] Maybe we're dreaming With somebody else's heartbeat. Maybe forever Fits inside a single breath. You pull me closer... Until the world forgets my name. Every fear... Every lie... Every version that I blamed... Falls away... And all that's left... Is the space Where your soul Touches mine. Inside... Consciousness. [Outro] (Whispered over fading guitar and vinyl hiss.) Close your eyes... Don't chase the answer. Become the question. And listen... To what's already awake... Inside consciousness.