A Beautiful Wound (Country Version)

[Intro: Soft acoustic picking with distant pedal steel] [Vocals: Hushed, intimate confession] There's a truth at my doorstep now Heavier than grace [Verse 1: Solo acoustic with quiet steel accents] [Vocals: Soft, controlled tension] Each promise whispered made Built these walls from shade [Vocals: Building internal struggle] Thought I'd keep the storms away While foundations turned to clay [Vocals: Breaking through restraint] Love breaks what it aims to save When it blinds us as we heal [Pre-Chorus: Adding brushed drums and low fiddle] [Vocals: Raw whispered intensity] This mercy's weight to bear Cuts deeper than before [Vocals: Pain breaking through composure] This gift wrapped up in goodbye Leaves scars we can't ignore [Chorus: Full band with soaring steel and fiddle] [Vocals: Powerful emotional release] Healing bears its thorns Mercy makes its mark [Vocals: Full throated conviction] I choose to break your heart tonight Before time tears us apart [Vocals: Haunting echo] (Leaves us in the dark) [Verse 2: Driving acoustic with pedal steel answers] [Vocals: Quiet intensity building] Eighteen months of giving way Built these dreams that wouldn't stay [Vocals: Controlled tension to release] Now they're closing like a fist Around what slips away [Vocals: Raw emotional break] Became the air you breathe Till neither one could leave [Pre-Chorus: Full band building with crying steel] [Vocals: Intimate confession building to power] The hardest truth I'll ever speak Comes dressed in farewell [Vocals: Desperate resignation] Won't watch us slowly disappear In this gentle hell [Chorus: Full driving band with harmonies] [Vocals: Soaring emotional release] Healing bears its thorns Mercy makes its mark [Vocals: Peak emotional intensity] I choose to break your heart tonight Before time tears us apart [Vocals: Harmonies with raw emotion] (Leaves us in the dark) [Bridge: Stripped to acoustic with whispered steel] [Vocals: Intimate vulnerability with strength] Found redemption in these flames That my heart won't claim [Vocals: Quiet revelation] One clean break to save us both From this beautiful pain [Final Chorus: Full band surge with weaving fiddle and steel] [Vocals: Building to ultimate emotional peak] Healing bears its thorns Mercy makes its mark [Vocals: Raw emotional catharsis] I'd rather wound us both with truth Than watch love tear us apart [Vocals: Bittersweet harmony] (Than let love tear us apart) [Outro: Gentle acoustic with fading steel] [Vocals: Intimate acceptance with underlying pain] In the wake of what we've done When truth has claimed its toll [Vocals: Quiet strength in surrender] I'll carry this beautiful wound