Mobility

I learned the shape of forward motion
Before I learned the cost of speed
Every door was only something
That existed just to leave

I spoke in sparks and instant answers
Never waited for the smoke
Thought the burn was just the moment
Not the debt the fire wrote

Every warning sounded distant
Like it happened to someone else
I mistook the echo for silence
And the damage for myself

Nothing breaks without a witness
Nothing falls alone
Every step I take keeps writing
Names I won’t atone

I called it progress when it shattered
Called it freedom when it bled
Left a trail of broken futures
Just to stand where I had been
I never stayed to watch the quiet
After all the noise was gone
Never learned that consequence
Is patient
And it’s long

I didn’t mean to ruin everything
I just never learned to stop
I thought the world would bend forever
Instead
It dropped

Nothing breaks without a witness
Nothing heals alone
Every step I took was mine
Even when I didn’t know

So if there’s anything still standing
In the wake I leave behind
Let it be the understanding
That the fault
Was never time
It was motion
Without mind

Progressive math rock. Dry, restrained delivery. Syncopated vocals.