[Intro – Low Ambient Pad, Distant Guitar Echo]
Footsteps fade on hollow ground
Every answer circles round
Signs keep pointing everywhere
But nothing really takes me there
[Verse 1]
I followed lines that felt so sure
Every promise sold as cure
But every cure just masked the ache
Of every choice I didn’t make
Walls keep shifting where I stand
Like they’re drawn by someone’s hand
Every map I try to read
Leaves me more than I can need
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep thinking clarity will break through the noise
But every silence feels like borrowed voice
[Chorus]
Which way out
(Turn left or turn right)
Figure out
(Does the tunnel have light)
Which way out
(Or is it all the same)
Figure out
(Who’s calling my name)
[Verse 2 – Drums Enter Softly]
Every corridor looks new
But they all lead back to you
Or the version that I knew
Before I lost what felt like true
Doors are open, doors are shut
But I can’t tell what’s what
Every step I try to take
Feels like ground about to break
[Pre-Chorus]
If direction is a lie we tell ourselves to cope
Then every step I take is just another rope
[Chorus]
Which way out
(Turn left or turn right)
Figure out
(Does the tunnel have light)
Which way out
(Is it escape or disguise)
Figure out
(Or just closing my eyes)
[Bridge – Sparse Piano, Reverb Heavy]
Do you know
(Which way to go?)
I’ve been circling the edge of everything I know
Do you see
(What’s left of me?)
Or just reflections of what used to be
Do you know
(Which way to go?)
Or is the answer something I can’t know
[Build – Guitar + Percussion Rising]
Every signal turns to noise
Every choice destroys the choice
Still I move without a plan
Trying just to understand
[Final Chorus – Full Band, Layered Vocals]
Which way out
(Turn left or turn right)
Figure out
(Does the tunnel have light)
Which way out
(Or is there no door)
Figure out
(Am I lost or just more)
Which way out
(Still searching the signs)
Figure out
(Where the end of the line)
[Outro – Guitar Fade, Soft Synth Drones]
Which way out…
Or is there no way out at all…
[Silence]
From the album “Exit Strategy“