[Intro] [Instrumental: (clean electric guitar riff with organ swells settling into the groove)] [Verse: (laid-back vocal, sparse instrumentation)] You walked in like a headline you expected me to read, same practiced grin, same half-told needs. You talk in circles, but the center never moves, I could finish every sentence before you do. [Verse: (slightly fuller arrangement, subtle guitar fills)] You frame the past like it just happened wrong, like time somehow misheard your song. You swear this moment stands alone, but it is built from every stone you have thrown. [Chorus: (more confidence, stronger backing vocals)] I knew how this would go, the second you said my name. I knew how this would go, you always play the same game. You dress it up, you slow the truth, you swear this time you finally know. You reach for me like I am blind, but I knew how this would go. [Piano Solo: (melodic, mid-register solo with subtle bends)] [Piano Solo: (solo opens up, slightly more sustain and emotion)] [Bridge: (piano forward, drums pull back slightly)] I have stood in worse than this, watched bigger storms than yours dismiss. Some lessons only sink in slow, some people never want to know. [Guitar Solo: (melodic, mid-register solo with subtle bends)] [Guitar Solo: (solo opens up, slightly more sustain and emotion)] [Chorus: (widest and most assured delivery)] I knew how this would go, before the lights began to fade. I knew how this would go, before a single promise made. You ask me why I am not torn, why I am not shaking low. I am standing right where I am, because I knew how this would go. [Outro: [Band gradually strips back to guitar and organ, groove easing out)]
