Back to the Core

[Verse 1]
Spread like paint across five different walls
Answering three dozen midnight calls
Calendar full but the room is bare
Looking in the mirror, nobody's there
Gave away my hours piece by piece
Waiting for the noise to finally cease
Forgot the sound of my own quiet mind
Left the core of who I was behind

[Chorus]
Where did I go when I gave it all away?
Stretched so thin I’m fading into gray
Lost the beat that made my spirit tick
Running on empty, burning through the wick
I gotta find the center in the sound
Pick my scattered pieces off the ground
Reclaim the spark before it turns to ash
Stop living life in a fragmented flash

[Verse 2]
Signed my name to projects not my own
Standing in a crowd but all alone
Nodding yes when every bone said no
Just keeping up with the endless show
Can't remember what I used to love
Pushing through the weight, hand over glove
Gotta pull the roots back to the dirt
Before the hollow feeling starts to hurt

[Chorus]
Where did I go when I gave it all away?
Stretched so thin I’m fading into gray
Lost the beat that made my spirit tick
Running on empty, burning through the wick
I gotta find the center in the sound
Pick my scattered pieces off the ground
Reclaim the spark before it turns to ash
Stop living life in a fragmented flash

[Bridge]
Cut the wires, mute the outside noise
Strip away the clutter and the toys
Back to the bassline, back to the start
Listening for the cadence of my heart

[Guitar Break]

[Chorus]
Where did I go when I gave it all away?
Stretched so thin I’m fading into gray
Lost the beat that made my spirit tick
Running on empty, burning through the wick
I gotta find the center in the sound
Pick my scattered pieces off the ground
Reclaim the spark before it turns to ash
Stop living life in a fragmented flash

[Outro]
Just the bass and me tonight
Finding my way back to the light
Back to the core.
What makes me tick.