Story — The Man He Was Yesterday
Verse 1
I woke up with a name to fix
A story stitched from broken bits
“I used to be a better man”
That line came with a hidden plan
To find a past that isn’t here
But feels so close, so sharp, so near
I chase a ghost I think I’ve been
And call it truth beneath my skin
Pre-Chorus
But it’s just a thought
Dressed as time
Just a memory
Calling itself mine
Chorus
I’m built from yesterday
And reaching for tomorrow
But both are just ideas
That I borrow
There’s no one moving through
No self that stays the same
Just stories made of time
Calling out my name
Verse 2
Then later on the day turns bright
And I start climbing toward the light
“I’m getting close, I’m nearly there”
Another self hangs in the air
A better version waits for me
Somewhere in what I could be
But when I look, it’s just a frame
A future built the same old way
Pre-Chorus
Just another thought
Pulling tight
Turning now
Into a fight
Chorus
I’m built from yesterday
And reaching for tomorrow
But both are just ideas
That I borrow
There’s no one moving through
No self that stays the same
Just stories made of time
Calling out my name
Bridge (stripped back)
No past in my hands
No future in breath
No one to carry
This story to death
Final Chorus (expanded)
Built from yesterday
But it fades when I see
It’s just a thought
Trying to be me
Reaching for tomorrow
But it slips away
Nothing to become
Nothing to replay
Outro (soft loop)
Just this…
No timeline…
Just this…
No storyline…
Just this…
Alive now…
