(Intro – clean electric guitar, slow pulse, rain ambience, ~70 BPM) I walk down streets that never end Cold rain drilling through my skin Nobody out, just distant light Flickers breathing into the night Storefront windows, shut and still Frozen flowers nailed to the chill Every reflection asks me straight Where are you going this late? (Verse 1 – intimate vocal, close mic) I cross a bridge of rust and bone The water’s thick with what we’ve thrown Trash and promises gone bad Floating proof of what we had For a second there’s a low dull sound Like something beating underground Did you hear that? — maybe not I shake it off and keep my stride I keep moving, step by step Not hunting truth, not trying to escape I’ve got places I could stay But houses don’t mean home anyway (Pre-Chorus – low harmony fades in) Is home where someone lets you in? Or where you don’t have to bend your skin? (Chorus – band enters soft, airy background vocals) I don’t know where I’m going tonight I just know I won’t stand still Home feels close, then slips from sight Like it never really will I’m not lost, I’m in between Learning what belonging means (Verse 2 – minimal drums, steady forward motion) The world looks rotten under clean design People dress the damage, call it fine Using others, leaving debts Selling kindness like cigarettes Somewhere in the rain, a quiet thump Like a heart that doesn’t want to jump Did you hear that? — it’s gone again I don’t look back, I don’t descend Would it be easier to play their role? Trade my silence for control But if I break to fit their frame I wouldn’t answer to my name (Pre-Chorus – harmony slightly higher) I only want to live in peace But peace costs parts I won’t release (Chorus – repeat, slightly stronger) I don’t know where I’m going tonight Got no map, no final plan I’ve known love, I gave it my life Forever’s not in human hands Leaving early’s not a sin Things decay if you lock them in (Bridge – breakdown, acoustic guitar only, rain more present) Family? Just blood and deals Hands that came close when they needed me No blame here, I let it slide That’s on me, I won’t deny There it is again, that steady sound Like a signal with no ground Did you hear that? — maybe it’s just me I let it be, I keep my feet I’ve always felt like I float, not land Never had ground I could call my stand (Bridge Part 2 – almost whispered harmony) Maybe home’s not something owned Maybe it’s just staying whole (Verse 3 – ambient build, bass pulsing, sense of motion) I keep counting drops on my coat Ice lets go, but I don’t slow Streets keep changing, I don’t much Cold teaches you to carry less Every now and then that pulse comes back Out of sync with where I’m at Did you hear that? — I let it pass Some things aren’t meant to ask Lights pass by, they don’t call my name No destination pulling at my chain Just my footsteps keeping time With a life still moving forward (Chorus – restrained, reflective) I don’t know where I’m going still And I don’t need to know As long as I’m walking in this rain Something in me holds I carry less, I ask for none I’m still moving, I’m still one (Outro – instruments fade in layers, rain constant) There’s no ending to this night Just shoes on wet asphalt That pulse keeps beating out of sight I don’t stop. I walk. I last. (Outro – rain continues, unresolved guitar note)
