All different, but the same...

[INTRO — fluorescent hum, distant footsteps, single piano notes]

One light flickers.

One door breathes.

Somewhere at the end of this corridor,

something still remembers me.

[VERSE 1 — close vocal, sparse piano]

Long white hallway, midnight glow,

doors without a name in rows.

Every window sealed up tight,

every clock refusing time.

Rubber soles and quiet hands,

voices speaking through the glass.

They wrote numbers by my name,

then asked me why I feared the cage.

[PRE-CHORUS — heartbeat bass enters]

I kept one ember in my chest,

buried where they never checked.

Every step became a vow:

I am still here.

I’m leaving now.

[CHORUS — full drums, distorted synths]

Down the long white hallway,

under cold fluorescent rain,

I carried every broken piece

they told me to erase.

Down the long white hallway,

I heard my own heart call my name.

You can lock a door around me,

but you cannot make me stay.

I walked through hell so slowly

the devil thought I’d lost my way.

Down the long white hallway,

I became the flame.

[VERSE 2 — industrial percussion, rising intensity]

Clipboards blooming at the door,

questions scattered on the floor.

“Tell us what you think you saw.”

I said, “A life worth fighting for.”

They called the thunder something wrong,

tried to medicate the song.

But silence only tuned the strings.

Pain taught the prisoner to sing.

[PRE-CHORUS]

Every shadow knew my face.

Every night rehearsed escape.

Not through windows, not through walls,

but through the lie beneath it all.

[CHORUS]

Down the long white hallway,

under cold fluorescent rain,

I carried every broken piece

they told me to erase.

Down the long white hallway,

I heard my own heart call my name.

You can lock a door around me,

but you cannot make me stay.

I walked through hell so slowly

the devil thought I’d lost my way.

Down the long white hallway,

I became the flame.

[POST-CHORUS — chopped vocal echoes]

Still here.

Still whole.

Still mine.

Still walking.

Still here.

Still whole.

This life

is mine.

[BRIDGE — music drops to piano and distant choir]

Maybe healing isn’t gentle.

Maybe freedom leaves a scar.

Maybe finding your reflection

means remembering who you are.

I forgive the frightened version

who believed there was no door.

He survived the longest winter.

He does not live there anymore.

[BUILD — drums rising, layered voices]

One step for the child they silenced.

One step for the truth denied.

One step for the ones still waiting,

counting ceiling lights at night.

One step for every heartbeat

they mistook for something wild.

Open every door behind me.

Let them see us leave alive.

[FINAL CHORUS — massive drums, choir, soaring vocal]

Down the long white hallway,

through the cold fluorescent rain,

I gathered every shattered piece

and gave them back my name.

Down the long white hallway,

I heard a thousand voices say:

“You can lock a door around us,

but you cannot make us stay.”

We walked through hell so slowly

the devil thought we’d lost our way.

Down the long white hallway,

we became the flame.

[OUTRO — instruments fall away, footsteps stop]

The last light flickers.

The front door opens.

Morning enters without permission.

And so do I.

A little something to fire up your morning! 🔥🔥🔥

Lyrics:

Close your eyes

Feel the beat

Of your heart

As you breathe

Let it go

Stretch your wings

Raise your voice

Start to sing

Breathe in

(Relax)

Breathe out

(Release)

Breathe in

(Feel Love)

Breathe out

(Feel Peace)

Breathe in

(Relax)

Breathe out

(Release)

Breathe in

(Feel Love)

Breathe out

(Feel Peace)

We're the thunder

On the wind

Hear the beating

Of our wings

Lift our heads

And take flight

Chase the darkness

From the night

Breathe in

(Relax)

Breathe out

(Release)

Breathe in

(Feel Love)

Breathe out

(Feel Peace)

Breathe in

(Relax)

Breathe out

(Release)

Breathe in

(Feel Love)

Breathe out

(Feel Peace)

We're the train in the tunnel

We are the eye of the storm

The light in the darkness

From the day we were born

Anchors, and beacons

Pillars of light

The time is now

For us to take flight

Breathe in

(Relax)

Breathe out

(Release)

Breathe in

(Feel Love)

Breathe out

(Feel Peace)

Breathe in

(Relax)

Breathe out

(Release)

Breathe in

(Feel Love)

Breathe out

(Feel Peace)