(PART 1: CRUMBLING) [Sound of a lonely, echoing piano. Slow and emotional.] (Verse 1) I’ve been running for so long Chasing something I haven't found. You have a hold on my heart And you’re tying me down. I feel it in my bones, it’s a feeling I can’t shake Knowing you have total control over the moves I make. Your actions have me shaken to my core And I don’t know what I’m fighting for anymore. (Chorus) [Strings swell. Vocals get big.] This is what gets me about you... I take the GREAT LEAPS! Thinking things are gonna change. I let my WALLS CRUMBLE! Just to build them back up again. I’m losing my barriers, I’ve lost them on the way Just to hear the words that you never say. I’m crumbling... Just to build it back up. (The Transition) [Music swells to a climax, then... SILENCE.] [A single Bass Note hits. Then a snap track starts. The vibe changes from Sad to Sexy/Confident.] (PART 2: FORTIFIED) [Neo-Soul Groove kicks in. Hammond Organ swells.] (Verse 2) My walls are down... but I'm looking at yours. I'm not afraid of the kiss I'm not afraid it'll make me build my walls. I've been waitin' for a man like you To be the one who makes 'em fall. (I let 'em fall for you...) You've seen the skin, but that's not the prize I'm a strong spiritual woman [Beat Stop] Look me in the eyes. [Beat Return] I want to be the one you trust with all your parts But you can't have my body... (Don't play with me...) If I can't have your heart. (Chorus) 'Cause my walls are comin' down I want to let you in! But I feel like your walls Are more FORTIFIED and secret. (What are you hidin' back there?) I'm askin' you for intimacy Not just the "perversion" [Vocal Run] But you're a Ministry Man Hidin' from the real version. You're fortified. Why are you fortified? (Verse 3) It's only been since mid-October But the connection's real. So why you only show me The parts you want to feel? (Ugh... tell me the truth.) You're strugglin' with your urges And I'm strugglin' with mine, too! But I'm brave enough to name it So why can't you? (Bridge) [Music drops to just drums and bass. Spoken Word style.] So this is the real question... The one that we've been running from. Do you want ME... Or just a place to come? (Do you want my soul?) Or just a way to lose control? I'm lettin' go... I let the walls crumble. So why won't you? (Outro) [Music fades. Piano melody from Part 1 returns.] My walls are down. (Crumbling...) I'm not afraid. So why are you... ...fortified? (Let me in.) (Song ends.)

Crumbling / Fortified (The Medley)