Intro (soft, close-mic)
Mm…
right here…
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Verse 1 (intimate, dry)
Woke up lighter than I was before
(ad-lib: “yeah…” — breathy, R)
Like I set something heavy down
(natural inhale)
Same sky hanging over my door
But I’m standing on new ground
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Pre-Chorus 1 (lift begins)
I don’t need a reason
(low harmony −3rd)
I don’t need a sign
(low harmony −3rd)
I just made a decision
This moment’s mine
(high harmony +3rd, hold)
(falsetto ad-lib under: “mm-hmm”)
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Chorus 1 (open, clean)
Clean slate, I’m starting right here
(high harmony +3rd on “clean slate” / low −3rd on “right here”)
(ad-lib: “right now” — quiet, L)
No past pulling on me
Every breath makes it clear
I can be who I choose to be
(ad-lib: “yeah” — airy, R)
Clean slate, wide awake
(falsetto sustain on “awake”)
I’m becoming who I’m meant to be
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Verse 2 (more honest)
I stayed too long where I wasn’t chosen
(low harmony −3rd on “wasn’t chosen”)
Called it love, called it fate
(ad-lib: “mm…” — emotional)
I mistook surviving for living
But I don’t live there — no, not today
(audible exhale)
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Pre-Chorus 2 (short, rising)
If the door’s already open
(high harmony +3rd on “open”)
Why am I standing still?
(tight unison double)
(whispered ad-lib: “go”)
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Chorus 2 (fuller)
Clean slate, I’m starting right here
(high harmony +3rd)
(ad-lib: “still here”)
No echoes telling me who I was
(low harmony −3rd)
I don’t owe the past a tear
I’m not running — I’ve just moved on
(soft octave harmony)
Clean slate, wide awake
(ad-lib: “so awake”)
I’m finally giving myself more
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Bridge (pull instruments back)
If I fall back, I won’t disappear
(low harmony −3rd)
Starting over still counts as forward
I’m not late — I’m right on time
(ad-lib swell: “yeah… yeah…”)
This life is still mine
(3-part stack: low −3rd / high +3rd / falsetto octave)
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Final Chorus (biggest, layered)
Clean slate, I’m starting right here
(full stack: lead + high + low)
(ad-lib: “I’m here”)
Every step feels honest now
No chains trying to keep me near
I’m choosing then, I’m choosing now
(ad-lib under: “I choose me”)
Clean slate, wide awake
(falsetto octave)
I’m allowed to begin again
(ad-libs: “again… again…”)
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Outro (intentional, soft)
Clean slate…
begin again
Bluejay