[Style: Melodic alternative rock with atmospheric guitars, steady driving drums, deep bass, and layered vocals. Begin with a spacious, reflective mood and build toward a powerful, anthemic chorus. The sound should convey the tension between looking away and stepping forward.]
[Intro]
Somewhere out there
Beyond the line
A little warning
Lost in time
We see the shadows
We hear the sound
But how much longer
Can we look around?
[Verse 1]
A headline flashes
(We scroll right by)
Another story
(Another sigh)
A distant problem
(A far-off place)
A fading picture
(We can’t quite face)
We tell ourselves
(It’s not our fight)
It won’t come knocking
(Here tonight)
But know the echo
(Has a way)
Of finding us
(Another day)
[Pre-Chorus]
The farther it seems
The less we care
The more we ignore
What’s waiting there
[Chorus]
Off in the distance
(A growing indifference)
Here in the relevance
(Knowing… we take a stance)
Off in the distance
(We lose the insistence)
Here in the relevance
(Knowing… we take a stance)
[Verse 2]
A warning rises
(Won’t fade away)
We push tomorrow
(Ahead another day)
The cost keeps growing
(Beyond our view)
Until the burden
(Comes home to you)
The things we thought
(Were far away)
Become the choices
(We face today)
[Pre-Chorus]
The farther we stand
The less we see
The more we pretend
We’re somehow free
[Chorus]
Off in the distance
(A growing indifference)
Here in the relevance
(Knowing… we take a stance)
Off in the distance
(We lose the insistence)
Here in the relevance
(Knowing… we take a stance)
[Bridge]
How far away
Is far enough?
How long can we
Call the warning bluff?
When does a theory
Become the true?
When does the burden
Come back to you?
We face the moment
We make the choice
We turn indifference
Into a voice!
[Instrumental Break]
Off…
(Off in the distance)
Near…
(Closer than it appears)
See…
(What we refused to see)
Stand…
(Take a stance!)
Understand?
[Final Chorus]
Off in the distance
(A growing indifference)
Here in the relevance
(Knowing… we take a stance)
Off in the distance
(No more resistance)
Here in the relevance
(Knowing… we take a stance)
Off in the distance
(It’s losing existence)
Here in the relevance
(Knowing… we take a stance)
[Outro]
Off in the distance…
(Closer than we thought)
Here in the relevance…
(The lesson we’ve been taught)
Off in the distance…
(No more indifference)
Here in the relevance…
Knowing…
We take a stance.
[Silence]
[End]
From the album “Feedback Coupling“