A Ripple In The Dark

[Verse 1] A ripple in the dark Breeze through the wires, I follow it I don't know where The current pulls me out of phase Every thought a delayed reply Footsteps echo before I move Like the future leaked ahead of time [Pre-Chorus] I try to map the noise I hear But the signal shifts when I get near If this is fate, it’s poorly drawn Half remembered, never gone [Chorus] I’m reaching for a future That glitches when I breathe Every promise loading Never quite complete If this is where I’m going Don’t slow the frame for me I’d rather chase the motion Than freeze in what I see [Verse 2] Streetlights hum in binary Reflections feel like spies Every face is saying something But it’s subtitled with lies I trade sleep for momentum Trade calm for clarity If I stop to ask directions This all falls apart in me [Pre-Chorus] Every sign points forward still Even when my hands are shaking I don’t trust what I’m becoming But I trust the act of breaking [Chorus] I’m reaching for a future That glitches when I breathe Every promise loading Never quite complete If this is where I’m going Don’t slow the frame for me I’d rather chase the motion Than freeze in what I see [Bridge] Hold the line Let it bend Every end’s a midpoint dressed up Cut the sound Kill the doubt If I vanish, zoom me out I was never built for stillness I was built to flicker through [Break] (Instrumental pullback, filtered vocal echoes) [Final Chorus] I’m reaching for a future That doesn’t need me whole Built from half-decisions And a runaway control If this is where I’m landing Let the landing be unsure I’d rather move in fragments Than pretend I’m something pure [Outro] A ripple in the dark Still moving when I stop I don’t know where But I’m closer than I was