Track 3 of 9
The aftermath of awakening. When the light first hits, it does not bring clarity — it brings confusion. Everything the man thought he knew is now questionable. His old frameworks are crumbling. This is the vertigo of seeing truth for the first time.
Slow, haunting, atmospheric, ethereal. 65-70 BPM.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I opened up my eyes today
But nothing looks the way it did
The walls I knew have disappeared
And left me standing in the grid
Of something wider than my hands
Could ever hold or understand
[Verse 2]
The mirror shows a stranger's face
The name I wore has lost its weight
The things I held like certainty
Are crumbling into memory
I'm reaching out for solid ground
But all I touch just turns around
[Chorus]
The ground I stood on
Was never ground at all
The man I thought I was
Was just a shadow on the wall
And now the shadow's gone
And I don't know what's left
I'm standing in the open
Learning how to take a breath
[Verse 3]
The compass spins without a north
The language doesn't match the source
I used to know which way was up
I used to know when was enough
But every answer that I had
Was borrowed from a life gone bad
[Chorus]
The ground I stood on
Was never ground at all
The man I thought I was
Was just a shadow on the wall
And now the shadow's gone
And I don't know what's left
I'm standing in the open
Learning how to take a breath
[Bridge]
I am not who I was
But I am not yet who I'll be
I'm somewhere in the middle
Where the blind are learning how to see
And it terrifies me
And it terrifies me