astray

Two already recorded backing tracks are awaiting their lyrics and vocals. Listing to the slow bluesy track I came up with these lines:

I stumbled through the darkness
someone called my name
I tried to gather memories
but they all seemed the same

Well, nothing much of a content, is there? Trying to expand on that mood of forlornness I added:

I tried to find my way
by my sense of touch
I hoped rather desp'rately
to find a straw to clutch
I felt some presence close to me
though somehow out of reach
I couldn't talk cause I had lost
the ability of speech

I tried to figure out
how long I had strayed
wondering if this all was
some price I had to pay [or maybe "some price to be paid"]
I stumbled through the darkness
someone called my name
I tried to gather memories
but they all seemed the same

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As at most times I refered to RhymeZone.com to identify viable rhyming words, picking "clutch", "speech", and "pay".