The Price of My Peace [Style: Slow Soul Blues] (Intro) (Minor piano chords, an electric guitar with heavy reverb crying out long notes) Verse 1 You tore so many things away from me, now I’m paying with the price of my peace. Yes, you tore so many things away, darling, now I’m paying with the price of my peace. Yes, you tore so many things away, darling, now I’m paying with the price of my peace. You took the fire from the house and left me with the cold of loneliness. Verse 2 I looked at my hands this morning and found nothing of who I used to be. I searched for my reflection in the water and only saw the shadow of what I lost. You sold me a heaven made of silk that is tearing apart over me. Chorus (Soulful & Powerful) Because this blues is a debt I never finish settling. You walked away with the loot, and I’m left with the verb "to cry." You stole my time, you stole my light, you left me carrying this cross all by myself. Oh! How heavy it weighs on me... the price of my peace. Bridge (Intensity builds, brass section enters, more power) They say time heals everything, but time knows nothing of pain. Time is a silent witness to how my color fades away. You left my heart in total bankruptcy! Guitar / Saxophone Solo Slow, gritty, with deep feeling) Verse 3 But listen closely to what I tell you, as I pick up the shards of glass. Yes, listen closely— I’m sweeping up the remains of the hurt. I have nothing left for you to take... and that is my only arsenal. Outro I pay with my peace... (but I’m no longer yours) I pay with my peace... (the silence lulls me) It cost me dearly, yes... but at last... I am myself again. [Ending with a long piano chord and a final vocal sigh - SPOKEN] "Yes, listen closely, I’m sweeping up the remains of the hurt AND I PAY WITH MY PEACE."
