Seven-Eleven Halo (Samsara Edition)

[Ambient Intro] Neon hum like a low-frequency prayer Freezer doors breathe midnight air Cigarette stars in a plastic sky I float through the aisles at 3 a.m. high [Pre-Verse] Paper bag rustle, time bends slow Aisle seven glows like a UFO My heartbeat flickers with the red and the blue Seven-Eleven halo, I’m split in two [Verse 1] Astral projection In the glow of the mission Honed my mind, then the walls start swishing Starry-eyed under fluorescent heaven Lost myself in the seven eleven Fluorescent lights and questions Breathing in the shelf reflections Something in my chest kept pressing Like a second resurrection [Pre-Hook] I said I’m on that real shit Can you feel it Haven’t felt like this since I was a kid Sippin’ truth from the lid My crown got popped like a lid Couldn’t stop it, I hid But you can’t run from within [Refrain] Can’t run Can’t run Can’t run from within The light was never lost I just forgot to let it in [Verse 2] Time skip Mind slip in the candy aisle I forgot my mission for a while Born into the same old skin Different face, same origin Searching outside what lives within I’ve been here before I’ll be here again The frozen foods are breathing names And the ceiling fans are saints in flames [Hook] Same river, different name Same soul, different frame I keep coming back the same Till I remember why I came Can’t run Can’t run Can’t run from within The light was never lost I just forgot to let it in [Drum Solo] [Modal Shift Section] Then the key turns sideways Major to minor in the hallway Every shadow wears my face Every aisle becomes a chapel space I’m laughing at the empty register’s grin Lost in the flicker, found within [Harmonic Sequence Section] Four chords circling, never done Glass on the counter like a second sun Breathe in, breathe out, let the waveform glide 7-Eleven opens up like the other side One note breaking, then resolving bright One more step through the fluorescent night [Verse 3] Gravity center Anti-reality bender I cracked the code Returned to sender Every life I failed to remember Every flame reduced to ember Rises back in late December Rises back [False Ending] I thought it ended there I thought I made it out the door Thought the neon died behind me But it started up once more Can’t run— Can’t run from within— [Epilogue] She remembered I remembered What I’d always been Not the body Not the lesson Not the seven eleven Just the light Just the light Just the light Drifting through the 3 a.m. heaven