[soft intimate piano, very close vocal, restrained] Coffee cooling on the counter Television glowing blue Every night returning to itself Like it always used to do Nothing sounded like a warning Nothing asked to be explained Just a quiet life repeating Until the light changed shape It started with a flicker Small enough to miss I thought that was the moment everything became like this [slight lift, subtle pads enter] It started with a flicker I thought that’s when I broke But I was only looking at the first crack letting in the smoke Now every room feels different Even when it looks the same And everything still answers when somebody says my name I keep reaching for the version of myself I used to trust Like maybe if I stand real still The dust will settle back to dust But truth arrives in fragments Not lightning from above Just small revisions to the story I was certain that I loved [gentle emotional build] It started with a flicker I thought that’s when I broke But I was only waking to a life already full of ghosts Now every mirror holds me like a stranger wearing skin And everything still answers even when I don’t feel it I keep reaching for the moment it won’t stay still enough to name Like it only ever happened after I already changed [full but controlled] It started with a flicker I thought that’s when I broke But I was only looking at the first crack letting in the smoke Now every room feels different Even when it looks the same And everything still answers when somebody says my name It started with a flicker Barely there at all And now I see it everywhere I go [outro — piano + ambient fade] It started with a flicker And now I see it everywhere
