[Intro]
[Verse]
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🎶 INTRO (soft vocal over piano)
Mmm, yeah…
(whispered) Eleven years… too long.
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[Verse]
[Verse]
I gave you love, you gave me lessons, (yeah)
Turned my dreams into confessions.
Every “sorry” sounded fake,
Different day, same heartbreak.
I kept hopin’ you would change,
But I was the one in chains.
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[Pre-chorus]
(build – airy background vocals “oh-oh-oh”)
Now I see it clear as day, (clear as day)
You can’t heal where you got betrayed. (mmm)
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[Chorus]
(full voice – confident, soulful)
🎤 Eleven years too long, (oh-oh)
I stayed when I should’ve gone.
Tried to fix a love that was already gone.
Now I’m done singin’ sad songs, (yeah-yeah)
Takin’ back what’s mine all along.
These scars tell my story, not my wrongs —
Yeah, eleven years too long.
(Ad-libs: “Too long… way too long, yeah.”)
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[Verse]
(steady beat drops in, smooth flow)
You loved me on your terms, not mine, (no, no)
Played with fire, I burned each time.
I lost my voice, but now I speak,
No more crying in my sleep.
You took my trust, I took it back,
Now I’m never lookin’ back.
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[Pre-chorus]
(layered harmonies “mmm”)
I was drownin’ just to keep you safe,
Now I’m dancin’ in my own escape. (yeah)
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[Chorus]
(stronger – harmonies open up)
🎤 Eleven years too long,
I stayed when I should’ve gone.
Tried to fix a love that was already gone.
Now I’m done singin’ sad songs,
Takin’ back what’s mine all along.
These scars tell my story, not my wrongs —
Yeah, eleven years too long.
(Ad-libs: “No more tears, I’m movin’ on…”)
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[Bridge]
(spoken + sung – emotional release)
Now I glow where you dimmed my light, (glow, yeah)
Ain’t no goin’ back tonight.
You were the lesson, I’m the truth,
Sometimes goodbye sets you loose. (sets you loose, yeah)
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FINAL CHORUS (powerful outro – full harmonies + ad-libs)
🎤 Eleven years too long,
But look who’s movin’ on.
I found my peace, my power, my dawn. (my dawn, yeah)
Ain’t beggin’ for love that don’t belong,
These scars sing the words to my new song.
Yeah, eleven years too long… but I’m gone.
(Ad-libs: “I’m gone… I’m free… can’t keep me down no more.”)
⸻(soft fade – piano and light beat)
Eleven years… too long.
But I’m stronger now… I’m stronger now.
