Write the Next Chapter

[Intro] One page left on the table Two names under the dust [Verse 1: Male Rap] I came through the doorway with the rain on my coat Old plans in a box, every promise broke You said we were finished, I said watch me rebuild Turned the weight in my chest to a contract sealed No applause in the room, just the clock and the floor But I learned what a closed door is really for Not a grave for the past, not a chain on my feet It’s a line in the sand where the fear meets the beat [Pre-Chorus: Female Soul] I held your name like a stone in my hand Till it cut through the skin and I let it land If I cry, let it fall, I have nothing to hide There’s a life past the hurt on the other side [Chorus: Female Soul] Write the next chapter, don’t look back for me I’m still breaking, but I’m learning to breathe All the tears on the paper can’t rewrite the night So I’m carrying the pieces into morning light Write the next chapter, let the old words close What we lost still aches, but the future knows If your heart has a scar, let it open the door We are more than the ending we were before [Verse 2: Male Rap] I remember the kitchen, one lamp burning low You were counting the reasons I was ready to go I had pride in my mouth and a storm in my eyes Kept calling it strength while the tenderness died Now the suitcase is lighter, the truth weighs less I can stand in the mirror without that disguise No villain, no hero, just a debt to repay And a road that gets wider with each honest day [Chorus: Female Soul] Write the next chapter, don’t look back for me I’m still breaking, but I’m learning to breathe All the tears on the paper can’t rewrite the night So I’m carrying the pieces into morning light Write the next chapter, let the old words close What we lost still aches, but the future knows If your heart has a scar, let it open the door We are more than the ending we were before [Bridge: Female Soul] I won’t curse the years, I won’t call them wasted Every bruise became a truth I could face with And if you hear my voice through the distance tonight Know I loved you enough to release the fight [Bridge: Male Rap] No more running the same route, no more rehearsing regret I put the past in its place, but I don’t bury it yet It taught me the cost, it revealed what I need Now I sign my own name on the life I will lead [Final Chorus: Both] Write the next chapter, don’t look back for me I’m still breaking, but I’m learning to breathe All the tears on the paper can’t rewrite the night So I’m carrying the pieces into morning light Write the next chapter, let the old words close What we lost still aches, but the future knows If your heart has a scar, let it open the door We are more than the ending we were before [Outro: Female Soul] The page turns slowly But it turns