After the Ending

[Verse 1]
Found the bracelet in a drawer
Still smells faintly like your cologne
Funny how a tiny chain
Holds the weight of all we've known
We were planning out apartments
Naming kids we’d never meet
Cooking ramen after midnight
Laughing barefoot in the heat
[Chorus]
I’m stronger after the ending
Even with my heart still mending
You were a chapter
Not the whole book of my life
Tore every page where you hurt me
Now every scar is still worthy
I’m learning how to love myself this time
Yeah I’m breaking
But I’m bending into light
[Verse 2]
I still drive past your old exit
Turn the volume up instead
Sing along to every chorus
Till it drowns you in my head
Mom keeps asking how I’m doing
I say “busy
” change the tone
Truth is sometimes healing feels
Like running stairs alone
[Chorus]
I’m stronger after the ending
Even with my heart still mending
You were a chapter
Not the whole book of my life
Tore every page where you hurt me
Now every scar is still worthy
I’m learning how to love myself this time
Yeah I’m breaking
But I’m bending into light
[Bridge]
I gave you all of my seasons (all of my)
Lost my voice in your storms
Now I’m writing new reasons (new reasons)
To stay when my faith feels torn
[Chorus]
I’m stronger after the ending
Even with my heart still mending
You were a chapter
Not the whole book of my life
Tore every page where you hurt me
Now every scar is still worthy
I’m learning how to love myself this time
I was breaking
Now I’m bending into light (into light)
(Into light, into light)

pop, Emotional pop ballad that swells into an anthemic chorus; female vocals front and center. Intimate piano and soft pads in the verse, subtle pulses and distant strings building into a wide, cinematic hook with layered harmonies. Second pass of the chorus adds octave doubles and airy oohs, drums lifting from sparse hits to a driving, sidechained groove. Bridge drops to near a cappella with reverb tail, then a final triumphant chorus with stacked gang vocals and a bright, polished top line., dynamic, emotional