[Instrumental] [Intro] [chopped vocal sample with heavy reverb, muted electric guitar chords] [sub-bass enters with syncopated rhythm] [Main Section] [trap drum kit enters, rapid hi-hat rolls, sharp snare] [staccato synth pluck melody] [vocal sample continues as a rhythmic loop] [Breakdown] [drums drop out, vocal sample and guitar remain] [filtered synth sweep] [Outro] [sub-bass and drums return for final loop] [fade out on vocal sample and guitar] [start] [Intro | low reflective vocal | sparse piano and bass] Eh... She didn’t break your heart So why she paying for it? Mmm... [Verse 1 | smooth tenor | restrained Gouyad pocket] She calls, I let it ring Just to see if she calls twice She says, “Baby, what’s wrong?” I say, “Nothing, I’m alright” She reaches for my hand I pull away too soon Then I see that little hurt Cross the beauty in the room [Pre-Chorus | soft realization | bass holds steady] And there it is again That old fear standing near I’m fighting with someone Who ain’t even here She didn’t tell those lies She didn’t walk away So why am I making her Pay for yesterday? [Chorus | warm melodic hook | layered male harmonies] Don’t punish her for yesterday She wasn’t there when your trust got played Don’t make her pay Don’t make her pay For somebody else’s mistakes She’s loving you right Don’t love her afraid Don’t punish her For yesterday [Verse 2 | warm vulnerable vocal | guitars answer softly] She knows when I get distant But she never makes a scene She gives me enough room To find the man I want to be And when I finally come close She don’t ask where I’ve been She just puts her arms around me And lets me try again [Pre-Chorus | building emotion | Rhodes and piano rise] What kind of love is this That doesn’t need revenge? She didn’t make those scars She didn’t cause that pain So every time I doubt her I’m calling her their name [Chorus | fuller harmonies | congas deepen] Don’t punish her for yesterday She wasn’t there when your trust got played Don’t make her pay Don’t make her pay For somebody else’s mistakes She’s loving you right Don’t love her afraid Don’t punish her For yesterday [Solo | expressive Haitian keyboard melody | wide stereo] [rolling Kompa bass underneath] [interlocking guitars answer the keyboard phrases] [tanbou and congas deepen the Gouyad pocket] [Bridge | low Haitian-accented tenor | intimate] Baby... Come here... You deserve the man I keep saying I’ve become Not the wounded little boy Still preparing you to run [Bridge | falsetto lift | soft gospel harmony] And if you give me patience I’ll give you something better Not a promise made in panic But a love that learns to measure [Breakdown | bass and percussion forward | call-and-response] She didn’t do it (Let it go) She didn’t leave (Let it go) She didn’t lie (Let it go) So love this woman Like you know [Final Chorus | gospel harmonies swell | emotional climax] Don’t punish her for yesterday She wasn’t there when your trust got played Don’t make her pay Don’t make her pay For somebody else’s mistakes She’s loving you right So love her the same Don’t punish her For yesterday [Ad-lib | falsetto runs | backing vocals respond] Yesterday is gone (She is here) Yesterday is gone (She is here) Yesterday is gone (She is here) Love the woman Standing here [Outro | piano bass and soft percussion | low intimate vocal] Baby... I’m finally looking at you Instead of looking behind me Mmm... Yesterday is gone [end]
