[Intro – Soft Organ, Looping Guitar Motif]
Steps repeat on polished floor
Footfalls echo, nothing more
Every exit leads me in
Back to where I just have been
[Verse 1]
I thought I left it far behind
A straight line drawn in my mind
But every path I try to take
Turns to circles I can’t break
Faces pass like déjà vu
Same old words, just slightly new
Every choice I think is mine
Ends up back in perfect time
[Pre-Chorus]
The harder that I try to run
The more I feel I’ve just begun
Once more!
(Around the revolving door)
Once more!
(I swear I’ve been here before)
[Chorus]
Going round and round
(Can’t figure my way out)
Going round and round
(Out turns into doubt)
Going round and round
(Every exit shuts me down)
Going round and round
(Spinning back around)
[Verse 2 – Drums Enter, Slightly Faster Pulse]
Signs are pointing every way
None of them are here to stay
I follow one, it fades away
Like it never meant to say
Time is bending at the seams
Or that’s how it always seems
Memory and present blur
Nothing is what I prefer
[Pre-Chorus]
I reach for something I can’t name
And end up in the same old frame
Once more!
(Around the revolving door)
Once more!
(The exit is the floor)
[Chorus]
Going round and round
(Can’t figure my way out)
Going round and round
(Out turns into doubt)
Going round and round
(No end I can sound)
Going round and round
(Just spinning around)
[Bridge – Breakdown, Minimal Piano + Echo]
If every path returns to here
Is “forward” just a shifting mirror?
Am I moving or standing still
A passenger without a will
Every door I try to break
Turns into the same mistake
Every answer that I find
Leaves the question far behind
[Build – Guitar + Percussion Rising]
I won’t stop, I won’t concede
Even if it’s what I need
Every turn I take again
Feels like somewhere I began
[Final Chorus – Full Band, Layered Vocals]
Going round and round
(Can’t figure my way out)
Going round and round
(Out turns into doubt)
Going round and round
(I hear the same sound)
Going round and round
(Spinning me down)
Going round and round
(I’m lost but I’m found)
Going round and round
(Still chained to the ground)
[Outro – Looping Guitar Fades, Soft Organ Return]
Once more…
(Around the revolving door…)
Once more…
(And back to before…)
[Silence]
From the album “Exit Strategy“