I Was Walking

**[Verse 1 ]**

I don't remember leaving
I don't remember where I've been
Just another road beneath me
And a war beneath my skin

There were faces passing by me
There were voices in the air
But I couldn't recognize them
I was somewhere, I wasn't there

And my feet kept moving forward
Though my soul was standing still
I forgot the streets around me
I forgot how much they hurt

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Maybe I've been gone for hours
Maybe I've been gone for years
Maybe I've been so busy surviving
I forgot that I was here

**[Chorus — Emotional, soaring vocals]**

I forgot I was walking
Forgot the ground beneath my feet
Forgot the world was turning
Forgot I was someone people leave

And I don't know where I'm going
I just know I can't stay here
I'm a stranger to the places
That I've walked through every year

Oh, tell me, when did I become
A ghost inside my own life?
Still breathing, still moving
But I don't feel alive

**[Verse 2 — ]

I went looking for my mother
With forgiveness in my hands
I was hoping she'd remember
I was still her little girl

But I heard her laughing with him
While I hid behind a door
Turned the water on to drown them
Couldn't take one moment more

I was crying without crying
I was breaking without sound
Then I told her I was leaving
And I carried my hurt home

**[Pre-Chorus — Voice beginning to crack]**

And I wonder if she noticed
How I couldn't meet her eyes
How I held myself together
Just to fall apart inside

**[Chorus — Stronger, with layered harmonies]**

I forgot I was walking
Forgot the ground beneath my feet
Forgot the world was turning
Forgot I was someone people leave

And I don't know where I'm going
I just know I'm tired of here
I'm a stranger to the places
Where I used to have no fear

Oh, tell me, when did I become
A ghost inside my own life?
Still breathing, still moving
But I don't feel alive

**[Verse 3 — Bare piano, intimate vocal]**

I've been searching for the reasons
I've been begging for the truth
I've been putting every memory
On trial inside this room

Maybe some questions have no answers
Maybe sorry never comes
Maybe I'll be done with waiting
Before I understand what was done

But why am I the one who's hurting
Like I did something wrong?
Why am I the one apologizing
For a pain I've held so long?

I'm so tired of being angry
I'm so tired of being strong
I just want to stop remembering
Without feeling I was wrong

**[Bridge — Almost spoken, then a gradual crescendo]**

If I could meet the girl I used to be
I'd tell her, "You can rest"
"You don't have to earn their kindness
You don't have to pass their test"

"You were never just the damage
You were never just the tears
You were more than what they gave you
More than all those lonely years"

And maybe I can't change yesterday
Maybe I'll never know why
But I don't want to spend forever
Putting myself on trial

I don't want to hate the woman
Who's been trying to survive
I just want to find the person
Who's been lost inside this life

**[Final Chorus — Full, powerful female vocals with strings and drums]**

I forgot I was walking
But I'm still here beneath the pain
I've been lost inside these moments
I've been walking through the rain

And I don't know where I'm going
I don't know what waits for me
But I don't want to be a stranger
To the girl I used to be

Oh, maybe I'm not broken
Maybe I'm just worn out
Maybe there's a life beyond this
That I haven't found

I'm still breathing, still moving
Though it's hard to feel alive
And somewhere underneath this silence
There's a part of me that hasn't died

**[Outro — Piano alone, a trembling whisper]**

I don't need to know the reasons
I don't need to hear them say
I just need to stop the hurting
I just need to find my way

And if I can't find the answers
If the past won't set me free
Let me stop blaming the woman
Who's been trying to carry me

I forgot I was walking…

But I'm still here.

I'm still here.

An emotional cinematic pop ballad — male vocals, fragile verses building into a powerful, heartbreaking chorus.*
**[Verse 1 — Soft, almost whispered]**
**[Pre-Chorus — Slowly building]**
Chorus — Emotional, soaring vocals
**[Verse 2 — Piano and distant strings

**[Pre-Chorus — Voice beginning to crack]**, Pop, Cinematic, Male Vocals