From the recording Don't Slow Down
In the narrative arc of the EQTRacks catalog, "Someone I Can't Be" serves as the necessary "pruning" phase of development. If "Hope" provides the fuel to keep going, this track provides the wisdom to stop going in the wrong direction. The music guides the listener through the realization that many of our personal goals are actually borrowed from external sources—parental expectations, cultural standards, or social media ideals. By musically stripping the production to its bare essentials, EQTRacks invites the listener to sit with the "quiet" that remains once these projections are removed. It is a track about the transition from trying to be "everything" to being "enough."
Lyrics
[Verse]
If I spoke the doubts I hide
You might drift beyond my sight
Fading softly into distant scenes
It's so tough to cross that line
It's so simple just to write
That nothing's deeper than the way it seems
[Pre-Chorus]
You place your faith in me
And deep within your heart, believe
I'm someone I can never be
[Chorus]
If only I could cross that line
I'd see myself the way you always seem to do
And it's becoming harder all the time for me
To stand inside this fantasy
Someone I can't be
[Verse]
I've reached the edge of my road
And I've stretched beyond my fear
You may never see the weight I've carried through
Stay a little while beside me
Hold on through another year
Some desires never quite break through
[Pre-Chorus]
You place your faith in me
And deep within your heart, believe
I'm someone I can never be
[Chorus]
If only I could cross that line
I'd see myself the way you always seem to do
And it's becoming harder all the time for me
To stand inside this fantasy
Someone I can't be
[Verse]
I've given all that's in me
I've reached beyond the fire
Still no one sees the distance that I've crossed
Wait a little longer
Stay a little closer
Some dreams demand a greater cost
[Pre-Chorus]
You place your faith in me
And deep within your heart, believe
I'm someone I can never be
[Chorus]
If only I could cross that line
I'd see myself the way you always seem to do
And it's becoming harder all the time for me
[Outro]
I'm someone I can never be