Running Against Myself

Cinematic electronic blues, intimate own-voice vocal moving from restrained, breath-worn verses to a forceful final chorus; close piano, dramatic hip-hop bass, pulsing electronic percussion, swelling strings; sidechain-pumped synth bass, spacious piano-and-string layers, vocals shifting from tight and close to open and layered; slow-building, urgent pulse with a final release

### THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ME \[Verse 1\] I broke my record yesterday Today it wasn't good enough I crossed the line, I caught my breath Then someone moved the mark I looked behind, nobody there Just all the miles I'd already run I should have felt like I'd arrived But I was staring at the next one \[Pre-Chorus\] Every time I catch myself There's someone faster up ahead She has my face, she has my name She has the life I haven't lived yet \[Chorus\] I'm running against myself I'm always a step behind The faster I get, the further I fall From the person I'm trying to find And I don't know If I'm chasing her Or if she's chasing me \[Verse 2\] I passed the place I used to dream Of reaching when I first began I didn't stop to look around I had another race to run I saw myself around the bend She never turned to look at me I called her name, she disappeared Beyond another finish line \[Pre-Chorus\] My lungs are burning in my chest But she's still miles and miles ahead I gave her everything I had And she took everything I had left \[Chorus\] I'm running against myself I'm always a step behind The faster I get, the further I fall From the person I'm trying to find And I don't know If I'm chasing her Or if she's chasing me \[Bridge\] What if I stopped? Would she stop too? Would she turn around And tell me what we're running to? What if the life I wanted Is the one I'm running through? All this time I've been running Past everything I wanted to hold on to \[Final Chorus\] I'm running against myself There's nobody else to beat I've spent my life trying to catch Someone who runs just like me And maybe she's faster Maybe she'll always be But she can have the finish line I'll keep the rest of me \[Outro\] I stopped. She kept running. I watched her disappear. And for the first time I didn't follow.

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