I KEPT WALKING BACK TO YOU // Ariety x VoidSkull

[Intro — distant piano, santoor, breath-soft strings] [Male] I walked the streets beneath your window, Looking for your name in every light. Every corner held a little echo, Every lonely road became your night. You moved away, I let you leave me, I never tried to pull you back. The whole world told me, “Learn to lose her,” But my heart never learned that act. I was tired, I was breaking, Still one truth survived the fall: I could give you all the distance, And still love you through it all. [Chorus — Male] I kept walking back to you, Through every road I never knew. Whether you were mine or never would be, I kept loving you honestly. I kept carrying the flame, Never asking you to change. If the ending wasn’t mine to choose, I would still have chosen you. [Female] I told you more than once to leave me, Said, “Don’t wait outside this door.” I was frightened by the way you saw me, Like I could be something more. But nothing in your eyes felt borrowed, Nothing in your words felt false. Every time I pushed you farther, My heart followed where you walked. Quietly, your little kindness Found the rooms I kept concealed. The more I tried to hide the feeling, The more I knew that it was real. [Chorus — Male / Female response] [Male] I kept walking back to you— [Female] And I kept watching from afar. [Male] I held your name in every prayer— [Female] And I was learning where you are. [Male] I never asked your heart to hurry— [Female] Still my heart was moving too. [Both] Somewhere between fear and forever, I was finding my way to you. [Bridge — strings rise, tabla enters] [Female] Now there is no wall between us, No excuse left in the room. Take my hand and let me show you What my silence couldn’t do. [Male] I saw this moment in my dreaming, But I never knew the day. That you would cross the space between us And choose to meet me halfway. [Female] Now I understand your patience, Every truth you never forced. The heart I kept behind a locked door Doesn’t need that lock anymore. [Male — intimate] Will you walk beside me? [Female] Yes... through every turn. [Male] Will you hold my hand tomorrow? [Female] Yes... for as long as life will let me. [Final Chorus — full duet, soaring strings and choir] [Male] I found you— [Female] I found you too. [Both] And suddenly the whole world moved. The road that used to feel so empty Now has room for me and you. [Male] All the nights I dreamed this moment— [Female] All the nights I fought the truth— [Both] Led us here, not out of weakness, But because we finally chose. Your happiness, my happiness, Your faith in me, my faith in you. Whatever waits beyond this evening, We will meet it walking through. I found you... You found me... And love has somewhere it can be. [Outro — piano, bansuri, soft strings] [Female] From this day... I choose you. [Male] And from this day... I choose you too. [Both — whispered] No more distance. No more almost. Just us.