* 360 All the Way Around to Me*

Lyrics [ALL THE WAY AROUND TO ME] [Cold Open — lone piano, close-mic Billy Joe] I crossed every line they drew in the dust, looking for a door that would open for us. Then the room went still—and I heard the sound: my own heart saying, “Turn around.” [Hook Tease — low pulse enters] I came all the way around, all the way around to me. [Verse 1] I wore borrowed answers like diamonds at night, beautiful lies in a beautiful light. I gave every shadow a name it could keep, but truth never shouts—it rises from deep. Every road took a piece of my doubt; every goodbye turned the inside out. When the last false star fell out of the blue, the voice I had followed was mine breaking through. [Pre-Chorus — heartbeat tom, strings climb] No map, no mercy, no hand on the wheel, only the nerve to believe what I feel. One breath from the dark, one step into sound— I lost who they wanted and turned it around. [Chorus — full band, wide stacked hook] I came all the way around, all the way around to me. Through the smoke, through the silence, through what love refused to be. I was begging for a sign while the sign was burning bright: I came all the way around and found my own fire in the light. [Post-Chorus — stop-start guitars] All the way— all the way around. [Verse 2 — bass forward, restrained groove] Now I walk like the road knows the weight of my name; I don’t need forgiveness for surviving the flame. Let the old mirrors talk—I have nothing to prove; I know what is mine by the way that it moves. There’s a woman in the glass I was frightened to see; she was never the ending—she was waiting for me. [Pre-Chorus 2 — higher harmony] No crown, no rescue, no borrowed belief, just a soul coming clean underneath all the grief. One breath from the dark, one step into sound— I took back my name and I turned it around. [Chorus 2 — added choir and electric guitar] I came all the way around, all the way around to me. Through the smoke, through the silence, through what love refused to be. I was begging for a sign while the sign was burning bright: I came all the way around and found my own fire in the light. [Bridge — half-time, piano and cello exposed] Maybe losing is a circle when the soul remembers home. Maybe every shattered compass only proves what you have known. [Drop — one beat of silence] I was never missing. I was becoming. [Guitar Ascension — blistering melodic twin-lead, eight bars] [Final Chorus — key lift, Billy Joe with low male shadow harmony] I came all the way around, all the way around—now see: every wound became a window, every lock became a key. I don’t need another sign; I am standing in the light. I came all the way around and found my own fire was mine. [Final Refrain — choir answers] All the way around— (She came back alive.) All the way around— (Her fire was inside.) [Hard Ending — band stops; solo vocal] I came all the way around to me.