[INTRO: slow, clean arpeggios, soft bass, brushed drums, atmosphere of grey sky and rain. Single piano note held long.] [VERSE 1 — male vocal, low, slightly tired] I sat down with myself today To have the talk we always miss I thought I knew the words I'd say I wrote them down — I had a list But somewhere in the middle of the sentence A voice I didn't recognise Spoke a name I thought I'd buried in a sentence Behind a wall of compromise [CHORUS — building slowly, drums grow, guitar swells with reverb] And I didn't see that coming Not a single sign I thought I knew this feeling But it wasn't mine I didn't see that coming It hit me from inside Like a door I opened To a room I tried to hide [VERSE 2 — more present, slightly faster rhythm, more weight in voice] I asked myself a question That I'd asked a hundred times But this time I listened And the answer crossed the line It wasn't clever, wasn't new It was quiet, plain, and true It said: "You're not lost, you're just not found You've been waiting for permission to get out" [CHORUS — full band, emotional wall of sound, aching guitar melody] And I didn't see that coming Not a single sign I thought I knew this feeling But it wasn't mine I didn't see that coming It hit me from inside Like a door I opened To a room I tried to hide [BRIDGE — instruments drop to bass and guitar, softer, the heart of the song] I didn't come here to be saved I came to meet the part of me That never learned to behave That never learned to leave quietly [FINAL CHORUS — huge, soaring, with fading hope, guitar solo rising, then slowly dissolving] And I didn't see that coming I never do The best words come From the parts of you That don't pretend That don't perform They just arrive Inside a storm [OUTRO — guitar and piano slowly fade, one last distant cymbal, silence, then a faint breath]
