Insidious is about something I never looked for and never tried to make happen. I was building my life, meeting people, doing my thing, and she was just one of the people I happened to meet along the way. There was no flirting, no game, no trying to impress each other. And I think that's exactly what made it feel more real. When nobody's trying to be a match, sometimes you find out you actually are one.
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Nothing really started. There wasn't a moment where everything changed. It was just ordinary conversations, ordinary days, little things adding up. Slowly but surely, she found her way into my thoughts. By the time I noticed, she was already part of me.
There's also a little wordplay hidden in the title. When I hear Insidious, I hear something close to “inside of us.” That's what the song became to me. Something that wasn't forced, wasn't even supposed to happen, but somehow grew inside both of us before either of us had a reason to name it.
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I still don't know if that's how love starts... or if she just walked away with a little piece of me without either of us noticing.
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[VERSE]
I never chased a single face
Too busy building up my life
You crossed my path like anyone
A laugh, a coffee, then goodbye
You seemed kind, that's all I knew
Nothing louder, nothing new
If someone asked me how I felt
I'd shrug it off and wish you well
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Nothing happened...
That's the part I can't explain
Nothing happened...
Yet nothing stayed the same
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[CHORUS]
No lightning burning through the dark
No single moment left a mark
Just little pieces day by day
Quietly finding somewhere to stay
Now every road keeps leading back
Like something slipped through every crack
Tell me what to call all this...
Insidious
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[VERSE]
Now every place remembers you
Even places you never knew
Songs I never cared to hear
Somehow always pull you near
You never asked for anything
Never pulled on hidden strings
You simply lived beside my days
Until they slowly wore your shape
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[PRE-CHORUS]
I can't find where it began
There was never some big plan
Just ordinary passing time
Turning into something mine
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[CHORUS]
No lightning burning through the dark
No single moment left a mark
Just little pieces day by day
Quietly finding somewhere to stay
Now every road keeps leading back
Like something slipped through every crack
Tell me what to call all this...
Insidious
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[BRIDGE]
I kept my distance all along
So how did I get this so wrong?
You never asked for anything...
Yet somehow you became everything
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[CHORUS]
No promise made, no grand design
No warning that you'd blur the lines
I looked for proof, but there was none
Until I woke and you'd become
Part of every thought I hide
Part of someone else's life
Was it always meant to be...
Insidious
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[OUTRO]
Did I fall...
Or did you quietly leave with part of me?
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