[Intro | Suspended Energy | Breath-Tipped Delivery | Oud Figure + Hand Drum Pickup] What if the answer asked the question first? What if the ending gave the beginning birth? [Verse 1 | Steady Motion | Clear Chest Delivery | Darbuka Pattern + Plucked Strings] I met you where the road returned To where I'd never been before You knew the words I hadn't learned And held a key without a door I drew a circle on the page You placed your finger on the line I asked which point could mark the start You said, "It starts each time we find" [Pre-Chorus | Building Energy | Lifted Mix Delivery | Hand Drums + String Climb] If I choose what I was meant to choose Did I ever have a choice to lose? If the path is written by my feet Who is following who we meet? [Chorus | High Energy | Open Belt + Layered Doubles | Full Drums + Oud Chops] Predestination I arrive before I leave Predestination I become what I believe Every answer bends the question Every cause becomes effect Predestination I remember what comes next [Post-Chorus | Buoyant Energy | Hook Chant + Tight Doubles | Handclaps + Plucked Riff] Round and round, but nowhere first Every blessing wears a curse Round and round, no last goodbye Tell me where the circle lies [Verse 2 | Steady Motion | Clear Chest Delivery | Darbuka Pattern + Plucked Strings] I saw my face behind my eyes Ten years ahead, ten years behind A future wearing my disguise A past that hadn't crossed my mind The serpent takes its tail again The wheel keeps turning without blame I write the note that brought me here Then sign tomorrow with my name [Pre-Chorus | Building Energy | Lifted Mix Delivery | Hand Drums + String Climb] If I choose what I was meant to choose Did I ever have a choice to lose? If the path is written by my feet Who is following who we meet? [Chorus | High Energy | Open Belt + Layered Doubles | Full Drums + Oud Chops] Predestination I arrive before I leave Predestination I become what I believe Every answer bends the question Every cause becomes effect Predestination I remember what comes next [Bridge | Suspended Energy | Intimate Head-Mix Delivery | Frame Drum Drop + Modal String Turn] Maybe time is not a hallway Maybe every door is one Maybe I have always met you Maybe we are never done If tomorrow sent me backward If the first thing came from last Would I change a single moment If the change creates the past? [Chorus | Peak Energy | Open Belt + Layered Doubles | Full Drums + Oud Chops] Predestination I arrive before I leave Predestination I become what I believe Every answer bends the question Every cause becomes effect Predestination I remember what comes next [Outro | Falling Energy | Breath-Tipped Delivery | Oud Figure + Hand Drum Decay] No beginning No goodbye Turn the question Turn the sky I was coming I was gone Same old circle Moving on [End]
