[Intro]
(Soft fingerpicked electric guitar, warm and clean tone, gentle rolling rhythm with light percussion brushing in, building a reflective mood)

[Verse 1]
I never chased the spotlight’s glare,
Just hoped a quiet soul might see me there.
The clear-eyed found a mirror true,
The shadowed ones saw only what they knew.
Life’s a winding river, deep and slow,
Nights stretch long, but seasons come and go.

[Chorus]
It’s a lonely road we run alone,
Winners wave goodbye to hearts they’ve known.
Losers turn away when fortunes fall,
And peace slips further with each curtain call.
I sit here on the cold, hard ground,
Holding close the truth I’ve found.

[Interlude]
(Fingerstyle guitar solo, melancholic and intricate, with subtle slide notes and echoing reverb, evoking distant waves)

[Verse 2]
From the sea I learned to bend and sway,
To move in silence through the breaking day.
No lies behind these weathered eyes,
Old friends endure, no need for alibis.
The clock upon my arm ticks loud and fast,
Chasing shadows of a simpler past.

[Verse 3]
Built these walls to find some still repose,
But doors keep opening, the wanderer grows.
Those childhood mornings, bright with easy light,
Gone like colors fading into night.
We bend for love, we break to keep it near,
Smiling through the weight of hidden tears.

[Chorus]
It’s a lonely road we run alone,
Winners wave goodbye to hearts they’ve known.
Losers turn away when fortunes fall,
And peace slips further with each curtain call.
I give my all to light another’s way,
Forgetting the cost I pay each day.

[Bridge]
A few true bonds, worth more than gold,
In a world that’s quick to grow cold.
No fame to claim, no deceit to hide,
Just this quiet rhythm inside.

[Interlude]
(Extended guitar instrumental, building with layered picking patterns, soft organ undertones swelling gently, then fading back to sparse notes)

[Outro Chorus]
It’s a lonely road we run alone…
I sit here on the cold, hard ground,
Holding close the truth I’ve found.

[Outro]
(Solo fingerpicked guitar trailing off slowly, clean and resonant, with lingering reverb like echoes over water, ending on a resolved minor chord)