[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
Which way is out
(I’m trying to find out about)
Which way is out
(Echoes in the dark, no doubt)
Which way is out
(Every turn just spins me ‘round)
Which way is out
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
Running through the echoes of a plan gone wrong
Every door I open pulls me further along
Shadows on the ceiling sketch a fractured truth
Every step I’m taking feels like wasted youth
Signals in the static, breaking up the line
Every reassurance just a thin disguise
Maps without a legend, roads without a name
Every path I follow circles back again
[Pre-Chorus]
If there’s a way out, it’s buried deep inside
Beneath the fear and everything we try to hide
[Chorus]
What’s the exit strategy
(Locked in our own cage)
Can we avoid tragedy
(Despite all of our rage?)
Searching for a remedy
(While we turn the page)
What’s the exit strategy
(From this endless stage?)
[Instrumental, Guitar + Piano Riff]
[Verse 2]
Conversations looping like a worn-out tape
Every explanation just another escape
Truth is in the tension that we never face
Fighting for a freedom we refuse to trace
Building up a fortress just to keep us in
Walls we thought were armor wearing thin and dim
Every contradiction stacking up inside
Every quiet moment something else to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
If there’s a way out, we’ve buried it alive
Under all the reasons we pretend to thrive
[Chorus]
What’s the exit strategy
(Locked in our own cage)
Can we avoid tragedy
(Despite all of our rage?)
Clinging to a memory
(From a distant age)
What’s the exit strategy
(From this endless stage?)
[Bridge – Piano, Organ, Minimal Percussion]
No map, no guide
(Just a shifting tide)
We justify the fall
(Like we designed it all)
No key, no code
(Just a heavy load)
We carry what we chose
(But no one really knows)
[Build – Full Band Rising]
Which way is out
(I’m trying to find out about)
Which way is out
(We scream and we shout)
Which way is out
(When the lights all fade?)
Which way is out
(From the plans we made?)
[Final Chorus – Full Arrangement, Layered Vocals]
What’s the exit strategy
(Breaking through the cage)
Can we rewrite history
(Or just disengage?)
Facing all the entropy
(As we disengage)
What’s the exit strategy
(At the final stage?)
[Instrumental Outro – Guitar Solo, Piano Underscore]
[Silence]
From the album “Exit Strategy“