[Title: The Other Side of Sorry (Forgiving You Is For Me)]
[Style: Soul], [Pop Ballad], [Power Ballad], [Emotional], [Climactic], [Strings-Swept]
[Instrumentation: Grand Piano, Full Orchestra, String Section, Slow Big Drum Beat]
(Verse 1)
[Music Tag: Dynamic (Starts soft), Emotional, Raw Delivery]
I kept a list, I kept it close
Of every single ghost
The names, the dates, the "what-you-dids"
All the trauma that I hid
I built a house of all my pain
And waited for the heavy rain
To wash you all away...
But I just stayed a prisoner for another day.
(Pre-Chorus)
[Music Tag: Music builds, strings fade in low]
I thought that holdin' on to all the rage
Would somehow make you turn the page
And finally come back and set me free
(Ad-lib: But that was never up to you... it was up to me.)
(Chorus - The Release)
[Music Tag: Drums, bass, and full orchestra come in. Powerful.]
But I'm on the other side of sorry
I'm not waitin' for you anymore
I'm takin' my freedom back, I'm walkin' out the door
This isn't for you, this isn't 'cause you're right
It's 'cause I'm done with fightin'
I'm forgivin' you... so I can see the light.
(Verse 2)
[Music Tag: Music is full, but driving. Backing Choir (oohs and aahs)]
To my sister... (Ad-lib: Sylvia...)
Who broke my trust
Turned my heart right into dust
I hope you find your peace somewhere...
But I'm not gonna carry your despair.
To my adopted mom...
I'm "good enough"
I'm finally seein' I'm made of stronger stuff
I'm lettin' go of tryin' to win your love.
(Pre-Chorus)
[Music Tag: Strings swell higher]
'Cause holdin' on to all that rage
Just kept me locked inside a cage
And I'm the one who had the key
(Ad-lib: It was always... always up to me.)
(Chorus - Full Power)
[Music Tag: Full-Range Belted Vocals, Sustained Notes]
Yeah, I'm on the other side of sorry
I'm not waitin' for you anymore
I'm takin' my freedom back, I'm walkin' out the door
This isn't for you, this isn't 'cause you're right
It's 'cause I'm done with fightin'
I'm forgivin' you... so I can see the light.
(Bridge)
[Music Tag: Music gets quiet, just piano and vocal]
My inventory... is not a weapon anymore
It's just a map of all the broken floors
That I had to rebuild, one by one...
And now... the work is done.
(Music swells...)
It's done.
(Final Chorus - The Climax)
[Music Tag: Soulful Ad-libs, Full Orchestra, Dynamic (ends huge)]
I'm on the other side of sorry
I'm not waitin' for you anymore
I'm takin' my freedom back, I'm walkin' out the door
This isn't for you, this isn't 'cause you're right
It's 'cause I'm done with fightin'
I'm forgivin' you...
I'm forgivin' you...
I'm forgivin' you... so I can see the light.
(Outro)
[Music Tag: Music fades, just piano and strings]
(Ad-lib, whispered) I'm free.
(Fade to black.)
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