Goddess long pt3 you can keep my name and I can leave the light on ldp

TITLE: GODDESS LONG — DIFFERENT GROUND, SAME GOODBYE ARTIST: DJ DR LOVE — 007 FM [Live Intro — Rhodes, Cello, Quiet Audience] [Male — Deep Bass-Baritone] Goddess Long… Leave that porch light on a minute. Not to change your mind. I just want to answer you Without asking you to disappear. [Female — Low, Intimate] Then hear why I'm leaving… Not just what you're losing. [Male] I'm listening. [Deep Bass Enters. Strings Open.] [Verse 1 — Female, Smoky Lower Register] That coat was hanging by the doorway, I kept finding reasons not to go. Told myself the quiet meant we made it, Till I couldn't hear myself at home. I should have said it while the words were smaller, Before they gathered years behind my teeth. But being late to tell you what was happening Doesn't make it any less of what I need. [Male — Warm Baritone] Goddess Long, I hear the difference Between needing space and needing me to leave. I won't ask you for a softer answer… Just a little room for what it meant to me. [Pre-Chorus — Alternating Ascent] [Female] I don't need you to approve it. [Male] I don't need to call you wrong. [Both] We can hear a different ending In the same familiar song. [Chorus — Female Belt, Male Tenor Harmony] We can stand on different ground Without tearing each other down. You can keep the truth you found, I can say what mine is now. We don't have to stay together Just to prove the love was right. We can disagree about the reasons… [Female — High] And still be gentle— [Male — Deep] Goddess Long, on this goodbye. [Verse 2 — Male, Intimate Baritone] You liked the windows open in the weather, I kept getting up to check the floor. Now I wonder how much time we spent defending Little things that stood for something more. Maybe you were asking me for freedom, Maybe I was asking to feel safe. Neither one could hear beneath the sentence, Both of us kept arguing our case. I never loved you just for saying yes, But I see how I got used to hearing it. Goddess Long, you shouldn't have to vanish For me to learn to love your differences. [Female — Rich Low Voice] And I won't say the good was only acting. There were days I felt it just like you. I can keep those memories without staying… Both of those things can be true. [Chorus — Full Orchestra, Reversed High Leads] We can stand on different ground Without tearing each other down. You can keep the truth you found, I can say what mine is now. We don't have to stay together Just to prove the love was right. We can disagree about the reasons… And still be gentle on this goodbye. [16-Bar Rap — Female 8, Male 8] [Female] I don't need a villain just to justify the road, Don't need to make you smaller so I get to call it growth. But I won't call my leaving just a moment of confusion, I've been sitting with the question, I have come to this conclusion. There were days I gave an answer just to keep the evening light, Then expected you to hear what I was hiding out of sight. I can own the things I buried without taking all the blame, I can thank you for the loving and still need my life to change. [Male] Goddess Long, I won't turn your name into a bitter line, Won't pretend I never loved you just to say I'm doing fine. Got some things I should have noticed, got some habits to unlearn, But your coat beside the doorway ain't a favor I can earn. I won't use a good memory like a chain around your feet, Won't pretend that I agree with every way you speak of me. We can leave a few things open, let the last word go unsaid, I can wish you something good without asking you to stay. [Four-Bar Scratch Transition] [Original Cuts: "Hear me" / "I hear you"] [Soft Vocal Glitch. Full Stop.] [Spoken Breakdown — Rhodes Only] [Male — Deep] Goddess Long… I can respect your choice And still need time to understand it. [Female — Low] I can hear your hurt Without changing what I've chosen. [Male] Then we heard each other. [Eight-Bar Break — Cello, Violin, Blues Guitar] [Male Falsetto and Female Head Voice Trade Phrases.] [Bridge — Exposed Low Voices Building] [Female] Maybe someday I can tell this Without feeling I must prove it. [Male] Maybe someday I can hear your name Without wishing we could undo it. [Both — Rising] We don't have to rush forgiveness, Don't have to promise we'll be friends— [Female — Soaring Belt] I can honor what we were— [Male — High Tenor] Goddess Long, without asking— [Both — Sudden Low Harmony] For it all again. [Final Chorus — Expansive Harmony] We can stand on different ground Without tearing each other down. You can keep the truth you found, I can find my footing now. We don't have to stay together, We don't have to call it wasted time. We can disagree about the reasons… And still be gentle on this goodbye. [Background Vocals] Room for your truth… Room for mine… [Male — High to Low] Goddess Long… You never had to disappear. [Outro — Rhodes and Cello] [Male — Deep Spoken] Your coat's right here. [Female] Thank you. [Male] Take care of yourself, Goddess