Patterns in Motion

You said one thing.

Your eyes said another.

Funny.

We always tell the truth somewhere.

We learn how to smile Before we learn the reason Learn how

to hide Before we learn what we're feeling We call it instinct

We call it timing Call it a coincidence When the same thing

keeps arriving

Everybody wants to be seen Nobody wants to be known

We build little walls Then wonder why we feel alone

We reach for the familiar Even when it hurts Then call it

fate When we repeat the pattern first

Watch closely...

It's always there.

A little hesitation

A change in the air

Something underneath Something we don't say

But the body knows Before the mind explains

We are patterns

Patterns in motion

Pulling, pushing

Coming closer

We say we're choosing We say we're free But there's a thousand

little things Moving underneath We are patterns

Patterns in motion Love and fear Desire and devotion You can change

the ending

When you see where it begins

We are patterns And we do it all again

Some people run

The moment they get close

Some people hold on To what they should let go

Some need the answer

Some need to be right

Some disappear When somebody sees them in the light Some turn pain

into power Some turn silence into gold

Some build a whole identity

Around what they were told And some wake up one morning And

look at what they've become Then realize the person underneath Was there

all along Watch closely...

There it is.

The pause before the answer

The movement of the lips

The way we say “I'm fine” When everything has shifted

We tell ourselves stories So we can understand But sometimes understanding

Is simply seeing what is

I don't blame you

I can see why you became you

And you don't have to blame me

For becoming me

We're all carrying things We didn't put there Learning things We didn't

choose Repeating things Until somebody finally asks—

Why?

Why do we run?

Why do we stay?

Why do we want What we push away?

Why do we reach?

Why do we hide?

Why does the heart Say yes

When the mind says why?

Maybe we're not broken Maybe we're learning

Maybe every contradiction Is another door opening

We are patterns Patterns in motion Pulling,

pushing Coming closer We say we're choosing We say we're free

But there's a thousand little things Moving underneath

We are patterns Patterns in motion

Love and fear Desire and devotion

And when you finally see it You don't have to run

You can choose the pattern

You can become the one

Watch closely

You'll see it

In me

In you

Everywhere