Life is A Movie Before the Pause

[Verse] April came with borrowed rides Waiting downstairs, bag by my side Someone from the circle said, “Just come” And somehow I became someone License card, shaky hands Learning roads I didn’t plan Turn by turn, we took the wheel That was how friendship started feeling real [Pre Chorus] Penang first, then Melaka lights Badminton courts and late campus nights We were young but acting grown Half afraid, half on our own [Chorus] Life was a movie before the pause Before the roads went quiet Before the world drew lines across The places we’d been driving I had a pillow on my knees Tea shop lights in SS15 One day before everything changed I still thought tomorrow looked the same [Verse] Same old friends from different years Some stayed close, some disappeared Old fights waiting in the room But not every ending had to bloom Chun and I kept trading seats Pickup points and passenger dreams Badminton rackets, tired shoes Laughing like we had nothing to lose [Pre Chorus] Country shaking on the news But we still had plans to choose Then March came in too quietly And locked the whole damn country [Chorus] Life was a movie before the pause Before the roads went quiet Before the world drew lines across The places we’d been driving I had a pillow on my knees Tea shop lights in SS15 One day before everything changed I still thought tomorrow looked the same [Bridge] December, I wore facilitator skin Trying to guide while growing within New Year alone, but I was fine Counting fireworks in my own time CNY tables, family noise Last normal year before we lost our voice Then the garden grew, the kitchen stayed warm I found little life inside the storm [Verse] Plants by the window, camera in hand Plant-based meals, small quiet plans May to July, the world half-opened And old friendship doors were spoken Interdistrict rules, careful rides Still we found a way outside Not freedom yet, but not fully gone Just two friends trying to move along [Chorus] Life was a movie before the pause Before the streets went silent Before we learned what distance was Before goodbye got private I had a pillow on my knees Tea shop lights in SS15 One day before everything changed I still thought tomorrow looked the same [Outro] And maybe that’s why I keep the frame Not for the pain, not for the blame Just to remember what I saw Life was moving before the pause