THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE — OUR SIDE —

[Intro — Distant Piano / Two Voices Apart] [HER — whisper] I thought loving you meant healing every wound you carried before me. Je voulais te sauver. I wanted to save you. [HIM — distant] I thought loving me meant you would carry what I was afraid to face. Je t’ai donné mes blessures. I gave you my wounds. [BOTH — separated] We called it love. But we were asking love to do the work that belonged to us. ⸻ [Verse 1 — HIM] I came to you with yesterday in my hands, old scars, old anger, doors I never opened. And somewhere inside me I believed— if you loved me enough, you would know how to fix what I refused to touch. When it still hurt, I blamed the distance. When I became afraid, I disappeared. You reached for me… and I ran. Ce n’était pas ton poids à porter. It was never yours to carry. ⸻ [Verse 2 — HER] And I reached too far. I looked at your darkness and whispered, “I can bring him back.” I mistook compassion for responsibility. I mistook being needed for being loved. And somewhere inside me I believed— if I loved you beautifully enough, patiently enough, deeply enough, your wounds would disappear. Mais je n’étais pas ta guérison. I was never your cure. Your pain belonged to you. And my life belonged to me. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus — Alternating] [HIM] So I learned to stay when I wanted to run. [HER] And I learned to stop when I wanted to rescue. [HIM] I learned to hold my own broken pieces. [HER] I learned that loving you doesn’t mean carrying them. [BOTH] And somewhere between letting go and learning to stand… we found each other again. Not as savior. Not as wounded child. Not as debt. Not as destiny. As two people standing on their own feet. ⸻ [Chorus — First Union] [HER] I won’t heal you. [HIM] I won’t ask you to. [HER] I won’t lose myself trying to save you. [HIM] I won’t disappear and call it fear. [BOTH] We can keep the scars. We can keep the line. We don’t have to erase everything that happened to begin again. Je suis moi. I am me. Tu es toi. You are you. And if we choose each other now, let it not be because we need saving. Let it be because— we make each other want to grow. ⸻ [Verse 3 — HIM] There are still nights when the old wound speaks. But now I know its name. I don’t put it in your hands and say, “Make this stop.” I sit beside it. I listen. I learn. And when I reach for you, it isn’t because I cannot stand alone. It’s because— after learning how to stand, I still choose your hand. ⸻ [Verse 4 — HER] There are still moments when I want to fix everything. To take your sadness and make it mine. But now I know— love doesn’t always say, “Give it to me.” Sometimes love says, “I’m here. I trust you. Take your time. Find your way. And when you’re ready… walk with me.” Je ne marche plus pour toi. I won’t walk for you anymore. Je marcherai avec toi. I will walk with you. ⸻ [Bridge — The Line / Orchestra Falls Away] [HIM — almost whispering] I’m here again. At the line. But this time… I’m not here to break it. I’m not here to prove anything. I’m not here to ask you to heal me. [HER] And I’m not here to pull you across. I’m not here to become your answer. I’m not here to disappear inside your pain. [Silence] [HIM] May I come closer? [Long Silence] [HER — softly] Yes. … But walk beside me. [HIM] Not behind you. [HER] Not ahead of me. [BOTH] Beside me. Beside you. Side by side. ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS — FULL ORCHESTRA / DUET] [BOTH] THEN LET THE LINE REMAIN! Let it remind us who we became! You don’t belong to me! I don’t belong to you! We belong to ourselves— and still, we choose to walk together! [HER] I couldn’t heal your yesterday! [HIM] You were never supposed to! [HIM] You couldn’t fight my battles! [HER] You were always meant to fight them! [BOTH] So bring your scars! I’ll bring mine! Bring every imperfect piece we no longer have to hide! No savior. No prisoner. No one dragging the other toward the light. Deux âmes. Two souls. Deux chemins. Two roads. Un même horizon. One horizon. And if tomorrow we become different again, then let us meet each new version of each other with open eyes. Not promising never to change— but promising never to stop seeing who the other has become. ⸻ [Final Refrain — Choir Rising] [HIM] I don’t need you to complete me. [HER] I don’t need to complete you. [HIM] But you challenge me to become more honest. [HER] And you remind me that love can stay without losing itself. [BOTH] We won’t save each other. We’ll grow beside each other. Pas à pas. Step by step. Jour après jour. Day after day. Not because we are afraid to be alone. Not because the past demands another ending. But because after everything— after the running, after the rescuing, after the silence, after the line— I see you. [HER] Je te vois. [HIM] I see you too. [BOTH — soaring] AND I CHOOSE YOU. NOT TO