Crying For No One

Of cours

(Intro - Soft, pained ad-libs) (Mmm, mmm) Yeah... I see you now... Crying for no one... (Snap, snap)

(Verse 1 - Smooth, soulful vocals with a hip-hop rhythm (R&B-Pop)) What goes 'round comes back around... (Comes back around) Seem that's just the way heartache falls... (Just the way it falls) I learned to walk without you by my side... (I learned) But I knew that this day would come... (I knew it) I built my walls up high, I sealed up all the cracks I traded all our memories for sturdy, steady facts I found my own rhythm, I found my own sound While you were out there thinking solid ground was just unsteady ground…

(Pre-Chorus - Harmony builds, vocals grow stronger (Soul-Pop)) I heard you hit a wall, I heard the silence got too loud I heard your new world got a little too proud… And now you're standing at my door, looking washed and worn…

(Chorus - Powerful, soulful hook with a hip-hop sensibility)) So why don't you lie down beside me? (Lie down) Open your heart and cry for me… (Cry for me) Let me see the tears you never shed when you left me lonely… Cry for me… (Go on and cry) Let the river flow, let the feeling go… But know this time… You're crying for no one. (For no one) You're crying for no one.

(Verse 2 - Rhythmic, spoken-sung flow (Hip-Hop Soul)) This ain't a victory lap, this ain't me getting even This is just the consequence you finally are receivin' You thought the grass was greener, you thought the love was free But it cost you everything you had, including me Now you see the masterpiece you painted over twice And you're realizing you paid a devastating price.

(Pre-Chorus - Builds again, more intense)) I heard you hit a wall, I heard the silence got too loud (So loud) I heard your new world got a little too proud… (Too proud) And now you're standing at my door, looking washed and worn… (So worn)

(Chorus - Even bigger, with more vocal runs and raw emotion)) So why don't you lie down beside me? (Right here) Open your heart and cry for me… (Let it out) Let me see the tears you never shed when you left me lonely… (You left me lonely) Cry for me… (Cry) Let the river flow, let the feeling go… But know this time… You're crying for no one. (For no one) You're crying for no one.

(Bridge - Music strips to just the piano and organ. A moment of cold clarity)) (Spoken, softly but firmly) You want my sympathy? You want my comfort? After everything? The only thing I can give you... Is a front row seat to your own consequences. Now... cry.

(Guitar Solo: A weeping, soulful electric gu