I know What I’m For

[Intro: 7/8, shimmering arpeggios, syncopated bass]
(Count the lights, count the miles)
(Still no sign of home)

[Verse 1: Intimate, restrained]
There's a wall of things I've finished
And a list of things to do
People say I found my calling
And for once I know it's true
I can tell you why I'm running
I can name the lives I've touched
But when the room goes dark around me
Why is enough never enough?

[Pre-Chorus: Rising harmonies, tom build]
Every door I dreamed of opened
Every horizon moved away
(Always further, always further)

[Chorus: Soaring 4/4, stacked harmonies]
I know what I'm for!
But I don't know where I'm going
I've built a thousand lanterns
Still can't see what they're showing
I've got purpose in my hands
And this static in my chest
How can I be right where I should be
And still feel like a guest?
(Still feel like a guest!)

[Instrumental Break: 7/8 bass solo, guitar counterpoint, polyrhythmic drums]

[Verse 2: Rhythmic, building intensity]
A handshake in a crowded hallway
A name printed on a page
A thousand small impossibles
Became an ordinary day
I believed the climb was meaning
That the summit held the key
Now the view goes on forever
And I wonder where is me?

[Bridge: 5/4, whispered call and response]
(What do you want?)
Not another shining thing
(What do you need?)
A little room to hear me sing
[Half-time, swelling strings]
Maybe being lost is not a failure
Maybe faith can walk without a sign
Maybe all these roads are worth the taking
Even when they don't feel mine!

[Instrumental Crescendo: Ascending guitar, syncopated bass, crashing cymbals]

[Final Chorus: Key change, explosive harmonies]
I KNOW WHAT I'M FOR!
But I don't know where I'm going!
I've built a thousand lanterns
And their light just keeps on growing!
I've got purpose in my hands
But no peace inside my chest
Maybe I can know just who I am
Without knowing what comes next!

[Outro: Return to 7/8, fading vocal layers]
(I know what I'm for)
(But where am I going?)
I know what I'm for...
(Still searching, still growing)

[End: Single unresolved piano chord]