[Title: Equally Yoked (Trying to Recover)]
[Style: Dark R&B Ballad], [Soulful], [Confessional], [Intimate], [Anxious], [Prayer]
[Instrumentation: Slow R&B Beat, Deep Sub-Bass, Atmospheric Pads, Clean Electric Guitar (Reverb)]
(Spoken Intro - whispered, over a soft pad)
Who are you, Maurice?
(Ad-lib: My oh my...)
I'm just trying... I'm just trying to recover.
Eyepiercinglove.
(Verse 1)
[Music Tag: Slow, pulsing R&B beat, Intimate female vocal]
I'll follow your lead
Do what you want with me, Maurice
I need you to hold me close
But at arm's reach so we don't get hurt
I didn't think I could think these thoughts...
(Pre-Chorus)
[Music Tag: Music swells, electric guitar enters]
'Cause I feel like I'm falling
For a man... equally yoked
But what does that mean?
Does it mean our faith... or our brokenness?
Is this a holy harmony?
Or just my codependency?
(Chorus)
[Music Tag: Beat hits, full sub-bass, layered harmonies]
My oh my...
Lord, help me not give in
Help me not give more than I have to offer
Don't let me lose myself, don't let me lose my way
When all I'm trying to do is recover.
(Verse 2)
[Music Tag: Groove returns, vocals are more rhythmic, confessional]
I already gave too much...
The massage, the watch, the promises I couldn't keep
To myself, to my new standards, to You.
(Ad-lib: I let him watch me, Lord...)
It felt so intimate, so horny, so right
But was it healing, or just... the night?
(Pre-Chorus)
[Music Tag: Music swells, guitar is more prominent]
'Cause I feel like I'm falling
For a man... equally yoked
But his addiction and my codependency...
Just found a perfect, broken harmony.
(Ad-lib: A terrible, beautiful friction...)
(Chorus)
[Music Tag: Beat hits hard, full sub-bass, layered harmonies]
My oh my...
Lord, help me not give in
Help me not give more than I have to offer
Don't let me lose myself, don't let me lose my way
When all I'm trying to do is recover.
(Bridge)
[Music Tag: Music drops to just pads and vocal, raw emotion]
My first thought, Lord, was "Am I ruining *him*?"
But You and I both know... that's my oldest sin.
(Ad-lib: That's the fixer...)
The real question, the one that shakes my soul,
Is "Am I ruining *me*?"
And all the work I did to be free?
All the price I set on my own worth?
(Final Chorus / Outro)
[Music Tag: Beat comes back, full and emotional]
My oh my...
Lord, help me not give in
Help me not give more than I have to offer
Don't let me lose myself, don't let me lose my way
When all I'm trying to do is recover.
(Ad-lib: Just recover...)
(Ad-lib: Who are you, Maurice?)
(Fade out on the beat)
Eyepiercinglove
