Between Event and Echo

[Intro] Static hum, the square buzzes on A passport stamp, a calendar gone I hold my breath while headlines blink While sirens ride the train to think [Verse 1] A moment breaks like glass in rain The room keeps moving, stale and plain I feel the ache behind my eyes While papers fly and strangers sigh [Pre-Chorus] If time could peel its mask away I’d tell the truth that won’t decay But the world signs off in black and white And I’m stained with storm inside [Chorus] How to breathe when the world says move on How to count the cost when I’m still dawn My heart is archives, stacked in ash While you file the hours, I keep the crash [Verse 2] The clock hums steady like a machine While I recall what I’ve seen A witness to a thunder I can’t name It echoes soft beneath the frame [Pre-Chorus] If they could listen, would they hear The pulse that drums when no one’s near Instead they sign the minutes away And I’m left with what won’t fade to gray [Chorus] How to breathe when the world says move on How to count the cost when I’m still dawn My heart is archives, stacked in ash While you file the hours, I keep the crash [Bridge] I’m drifting through a corridor of faces Where every step erases traces If the city notices, it won’t say I’m living in the aftermath today [Chorus] How to breathe when the world says move on How to count the cost when I’m still dawn My heart is archives, stacked in ash While you file the hours, I keep the crash [Outro] In the quiet after, there’s a namesake scream A weight that follows every seam And I walk on, with the echo’s lash Between the event and the world’s cold dash