I walk home when the city slows
Streetlights flicker, nobody knows
What I’m thinking in my head
Half awake, half misread
Windows glowing, different lives
People chasing different highs
I just pass them on my way
Same route, different day
I don’t talk much anymore
Just let it settle to the floor
Empty streets, I follow through
Nothing here feels really new
Every sound is far away
Like it never wants to stay
I keep moving, I don’t stop
Even when I feel I’m not
Where I thought I’d be by now
Still I’m figuring it out
Breathing slow in cold night air
Act like I don’t really care
But I notice everything
Every small forgotten thing
Names I used to call my own
Now they feel like overgrown
Paths I thought I’d understand
Slipping through my hands
Maybe I’m just out of phase
Moving through the same old maze
Empty streets, I follow through
Nothing here feels really new
Every sound is far away
Like it never wants to stay
I keep moving, I don’t stop
Even when I feel I’m not
Where I thought I’d be by now
Still I’m figuring it out
If I pause, would I fall behind
Or just lose a little time
If I run, would it make sense
Or just build another fence
Empty streets, but I am here
Walking through the same ideas