Liminal Dreams: I Wake Up Before I Arrive (Feat. Shizuka + Saowalak) *

[Intro] [soft analog wash | low noise floor] (mmm…) (ahh…) [Verse 1] I wake up before I arrive~ The door is already behind me~ My body moves without choosing~ Like it learned this part before~ [soft breath adlib: mm…] The air feels slightly familiar~ Not warm, not cold, just aware~ Every step lands too early~ Like the floor expected me there~ [Pre-Chorus] [filtered vocal layer | narrow] I don’t remember starting~ I don’t remember the end~ Something keeps counting softly~ But it’s not using numbers~ [Chorus] [wider | gentle lift] I wake up before I arrive~ I’m already almost there~ I wake up before I arrive~ Still catching up to myself~ (ooh…) I wake up before I arrive~ Say it again so it stays~ I wake up before I arrive~ Nothing waits the same way~ [Verse 2] [low pulse deepens] The lights come on by themselves~ Not bright, just enough to continue~ I try to slow down the moment~ But it passes me anyway~ (soft hum: mmm…) My thoughts lag half a second~ Like sound in another room~ I hear what I’m about to think~ And it feels oddly true~ [Pre-Chorus] [breath FX | subtle swell] I don’t feel lost exactly~ Just slightly ahead~ Like I’m following instructions~ That haven’t been said~ [Chorus] [full but restrained] I wake up before I arrive~ I’m already almost there~ I wake up before I arrive~ Still reaching where I am~ (ooh… ahh…) I wake up before I arrive~ The motion knows my name~ I wake up before I arrive~ Nothing resets the same~ [Bridge] [instrumental drift | widening space] (distant vocal texture: ahh… ooh…) Time folds without pressure~ Memory loosens its grip~ I try to stay in the middle~ But the middle starts to slip~ (stuttered breath: ha—ha…) I don’t chase what’s coming~ I don’t leave what’s been~ I hover just before landing~ In the space between then~ [Chorus — stripped] [vocal + pad only] I wake up before I arrive~ Almost there, almost now~ I wake up before I arrive~ I don’t know how~ [Chorus — full return] [all elements | gentle expansion] I wake up before I arrive~ I’m already almost there~ I wake up before I arrive~ Say it slow so it stays~ (ooh…) I wake up before I arrive~ Repeat until it’s calm~ I wake up before I arrive~ And the feeling goes on~ [Outro] [reverb tail | soft fade] I wake up before I arrive~ Before I arrive~ (before…) (mmm…)