chasing something I can't name

[Verse 1] I keep a list in the back of my notebook Things I can point to when people ask what I want: a room with a window, a woman that knows my hands, a jacket that still smells like October. But underneath the list, there is a blank line I keep circling with my thumb. I walk toward it anyway. [Chorus] I am chasing something I can't name, not a face, not a place, not a flame. It moves one breath ahead of me, quiet as a door left open. I don't know what will find me there— I only know I have to keep going there—. [Verse 2] Some mornings, I follow small evidence: a dragonfly landing beside my shoe, the Barista remembering my coffee, the cup repaired with a crooked line of glue. Maybe the thing is hidden in ordinary kindness. Maybe it has been waiting inside the minutes I tried to hurry through. Still, I leave the house with my questions folded in my pocket. [Chorus] I am chasing something I can't name, not a face, not a place, not a flame. It moves one breath ahead of me, quiet as a door left open. I don't know what will find me there— I only know I have to keep going there—. [Bridge] If I catch it, will it turn into another question? Will I hold it like water, careful not to close my hand? Maybe the search is not a road to an answer. Maybe it is the answer learning how to stand. [Outro] So I walk slowly. I let the evening keep its secrets. I stop asking the dark to explain itself. Somewhere beyond the next ordinary moment, someone unnamed is making room for me. ···©️ 2026 Swami Records ··· Lyrics/Syles by Swami Dave ···©️ 2026 Swami Records ··· Lyrics by Swami Dave