Recursion (You Again)

[Verse 1] Every semester starts the same, New notebooks, same old pain. Different faces, same disguise, Confidence built out of lies. I promise I'll do better now, But I don't know where or how. Each clean slate turns into me, Repeating endlessly. [Pre-Chorus] Every loop comes back around, Your echo in the background sound. [Chorus] Recursion - you again, I swore I'd break the pattern then. But here I am, same start, same end, Running you like an old function, friend. Recursion - you again, My call stack full of what-ifs then. Can't return, can't let you go, Just call my heart with overflow. [Verse 2] Tried deleting every file, Your memory lingers, reconciled. A cached goodbye I can't erase, Your name embedded in my trace. It's every night in Gates' glow, I think I've moved, but you still show. We're nested deep in old mistakes, Still crashing where the silence breaks. [Pre-Chorus] I've tried to end this frame before, But you just call me back for more. [Chorus] Recursion - you again, I swore I'd break the pattern then. But here I am, same start, same end, Running you like an old function, friend. Recursion - you again, My call stack full of what-ifs then. Can't return, can't let you go, Just call my heart with overflow. [Bridge] Maybe this is how I learn, Through every endless, painful turn. If I can't end, I'll redefine, Change the logic, draw the line. You were my base case, long ago, Now it's time to let you go. [Final Chorus] Recursion - not again, I'm stepping out of what was then. No more loops I can't defend, This function's reached its end. Recursion - not again, I'm calling back my heart from then. No return, just moving through, The only loop I'll break is you. [Outro] Indent back, fade to black, No more tracing what I lack. You again? No, not this time - Exit clean - control's now mine.