The 333

Nova Rai · If I'm Around, 7 of 15

The 333, the cover of the song by Nova Rai

The story

House still sleeping, phone face down, keys in my hand at 3:33. Don't call it running, don't call it fear; some doors only open when you disappear. I'm not driving away from anything. I'm driving toward the part of me that keeps calling my name. Not running, just becoming.

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Lyrics

Three three three
I’m already gone
Three three three
I’m already gone

House still sleeping, phone face down
Blue light bleeding on an old ghost town
Keys in my hand, no speech, no scene
Just a little black road and a half-lit dream
Coffee bitter, air gone cold
One more life I don’t wanna fold
I don’t need a reason they can understand
I just need the wheel in my hand

Don’t call it running
Don’t call it fear
Some doors only open
When you disappear

At the three three three
I’m already gone
Headlights low
But my heart switched on
Southbound, baby
Let the old world sleep
If I lose my name
I’ll find it underneath
At the three three three
I’m already gone
I’m already gone

Oh-oh, oh-oh
Southbound
Oh-oh, oh-oh
I’m already gone

Rain on the glass, gold in the black
Little white lines keep pulling me back
Not to the past, not to the pain
To the part of me calling my name
Somewhere warm, somewhere wide
Somewhere the sky lets the truth outside
I don’t need forever, I don’t need proof
Just one clean morning breaking through

Don’t call it leaving
Don’t call it lost
Some dreams get cheaper
When you count the cost

At the three three three
I’m already gone
Headlights low
But my heart switched on
Southbound, baby
Let the old world sleep
If I lose my name
I’ll find it underneath
At the three three three
I’m already gone
I’m already gone

No crown, no chain
No pretty little comeback
No city on my shoulders
No mirror talking back
I don’t owe the night
Another piece of me
I paid that toll
Now the road runs free
Care, don’t carry
Fire, don’t bleed
If the door won’t open
Then I leave with the key

At the three three three
I’m already gone
Headlights low
But my heart switched on
Southbound, baby
Let the old world sleep
If I lose my name
I’ll find it underneath
At the three three three
I’m already gone
I’m already gone

Three three three
I’m already gone
Not running
Just becoming