Change the Ending

[Verse 1]
I stood in the ash
of what I made
Held my own hands
for the mess I’d laid
Old words stung
like a broken glass
But I’m still here
and I’m not stuck in the past
[Pre-Chorus]
You know I can’t
rewind the frame
Can’t call back
what I let burn away
But I got breath
and I got skin
I can turn around
and begin again
[Chorus]
You can’t go back
and change the beginning
(start here now)
But you can start
where you are
and change the ending
(change the ending)
One small step
one true word
That’s how the light gets in
You can’t go back
but you can change the ending
[Verse 2]
New shoes on
the cracked front step
Phone full of names
I should’ve kept
I send that text
my hands still shake
Say I’m sorry
for what I couldn’t take
[Pre-Chorus]
No, I won’t beg
for what was lost
I’ll build a bridge
from the wreck I crossed
If the road is hard
I’ll walk it through
Every ending I choose
comes out of the blue
[Chorus]
You can’t go back
and change the beginning
(start here now)
But you can start
where you are
and change the ending
(change the ending)
One small step
one true word
That’s how the light gets in
You can’t go back
but you can change the ending
[Bridge]
Let the old door close
Let it creak on the frame
I’m not that hurt kid
I can answer my name
I can leave the fire
I can leave the lie
I can plant one seed
in the hard ground tonight
[Final Chorus]
You can’t go back
and change the beginning
(start here now)
But you can start
where you are
and change the ending
(change the ending)
One small step
one true word
That’s how the light gets in
You can’t go back
but you can change the ending
(change the ending)

Pop ballad with mid-tempo pulse, brushed drums and warm piano arpeggios; verse stays intimate and close-mic, pre-chorus opens with stacked harmonies and rising strings, chorus lands with a chantable hook and handclaps, bridge drops to piano and breathy doubles before a final lift. Ear candy includes reverse piano swells, soft vocal echoes on the hook, and a last-chorus cymbal bloom. Bright, emotional, polished mix.