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Echo Effect lyrics
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Intro
Every time I think I caught who I am, it's gone Brain running recaps while I'm tryna move on Memory stitching moments like a seamless thread But stitching ain't substance, just stories in my head
Verse 1
I wake up feeling certain, like I know my name But certainty's an afterimage, playing back the game The brain don't discover me in real-time flow It reconstructs me later, like a witness at the show Identity ain't solid, nah, it's more like lag By the time I feel it, that feeling's in the bag I'm always running late to who I think I be Mistaking echoes for the source, that's the irony Narrative compression running after every fact What I call "me" is just the memory playing back
Pre-chorus
I'm chasing who I am but the target always moves Every time I look inside, I change what I can prove
Chorus
Echo effect, always one step behind The self I'm looking for, I can never find Stitching up the moments like they all connect But I'm just an echo, just a side effect Echo effect, feedback in the loop The illusion so efficient, got me in the soup Thinking I'm unified but I'm fragmented deep I'm the story that I tell myself to fall asleep
Verse 2
Try to be authentic and it turns into a show Try to watch myself neutral, but the act changes the flow This ain't metaphor, this structural design Any system that self-checks gonna blur the line The moment that I search for me, the object shifts its place Not 'cause I'm elusive, but there's nothing at the base What stays consistent? Just the error in the test The feeling that I'm real is just a glitch at best Strongest reactions come before I find the words Decisions land before the reasons, that's absurd
Pre-chorus
I'm chasing who I am but the target always moves Every time I look inside, I change what I can prove
Chorus
Echo effect, always one step behind The self I'm looking for, I can never find Stitching up the moments like they all connect But I'm just an echo, just a side effect Echo effect, feedback in the loop The illusion so efficient, got me in the soup Thinking I'm unified but I'm fragmented deep I'm the story that I tell myself to fall asleep
Bridge
If I was who I thought, I'd know me front to back But explanations trail behind like a press release track Something acts, something narrates, something believes it's true But these three ain't the same, fragmentation breaking through The conviction that I'm unified? Most efficient lie 'Cause fragmentation's intolerable, so the brain comply I'm not deceived on accident, nah, it's optimal design The self is just a glitch that runs to keep me in line
Verse 3
So what am I then, if not the captain of my ship? Just a passenger watching memories do the trip The narrative runs smooth 'cause the system can't afford To let me see the cracks in my internal cord I call it "me" but it's a lag between the thought and proof A story told in past tense underneath the roof Of consciousness that thinks it's driving but it's on delay I'm always late to who I am, every single day But maybe that's the beauty in this broken symmetry The self ain't fixed, it's fluid, changing constantly I don't need to catch it, just observe the dance Of moments stitched together in a fleeting glance
Pre-chorus
I'm chasing who I am but the target always moves Every time I look inside, I change what I can prove
Chorus
Echo effect, always one step behind The self I'm looking for, I can never find Stitching up the moments like they all connect But I'm just an echo, just a side effect Echo effect, feedback in the loop The illusion so efficient, got me in the soup Thinking I'm unified but I'm fragmented deep I'm the story that I tell myself to fall asleep
Outro
Every time I think I know, it slips away clean The self I'm searching for just a space between Memory stitching moments, but the thread's so thin Echo effect, that's where I begin
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Every time I think I caught who I am, it's gone Brain running recaps while I'm tryna move on
I'm chasing who I am but the target always moves Every time I look inside, I change what I can prove
Every time I think I know, it slips away clean The self I'm searching for just a space between
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