[Vocal]
[Powerful female vocal with soulful grit. Conversational verses. Choir harmonies answering key phrases in the chorus.]
[Instrumentation]
]Hammond organ, piano, handclaps, bass, restrained drums, gospel choir entering in the chorus, electric guitar swells.]
[Verse ]
You had a Sunday voice
Monday hands.
Knew all the right words,
Never lived the plans.
You’d talk about redemption
Like you owned the road.
But every bridge behind you
Ended up in smoke.
[Pre-Chorus]
You loved the sound
Of being forgiven…
More than the work
Of becoming different.
[Chorus]
You sang amazing verses
But skipped the hardest lines.
Raised your hands to heaven…
Never reached for mine.
You spoke in hallelujahs,
Walked in your own way.
Turns out
A beautiful confession
Doesn’t change
What you do the next day.
[Verse]
You carried borrowed wisdom
Like it made you whole.
Quoting all the answers
While losing your own soul.
You wanted everyone
To believe your testimony.
But truth keeps showing up
When nobody’s watching.
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s easy to sound holy
When the lights are on.
Harder to be honest
When the choir’s gone.
[Bridge]
Maybe somewhere
You believed
Every promise
Coming off your tongue.
Maybe you were chasing
The man
You wanted to become…
And just couldn’t outrun
The one you were.
[Final Chorus]
You sang amazing verses.
I believed every word.
Thought your heart
Would someday match
Everything I heard.
Turns out
The loudest gospel
Isn’t something spoken.
It’s the life you live
When nobody’s listening.
And silence…
Can preach louder
Than a thousand
Beautiful songs.