🩸 TRACK 11 — I CARRY YOU HOME from the album I DON’T LEAVE Written by: 12 Gauge858 OPENING (LULLABY — STRINGS BREATHE) (Cellos pulse slow. Guitar arpeggio enters like a heartbeat.) (soft, reassuring) Come here… I got you. VERSE 1 You don’t have to be strong right now You don’t have to explain The night’s been heavy on your shoulders Let me take the weight You’ve been standing longer than you know Holding more than your share If your legs don’t wanna carry you Lean right here (ad-libs, low and calm) —mm… —right here —I’m here PRE-CHORUS Let the world stay loud without you Let it spin its truth alone You don’t owe it one more step I’ll get you home (breath) Yeah… CHORUS (PRIMARY — PROTECTIVE, WARM) I carry you home When your strength runs out When the road gets long And the lights burn down I carry you home You don’t have to prove Anything to anyone Just let me move (ad-libs, gentle) —carry you —yeah… —I got you VERSE 2 I know the look that says you’re done But you’re still trying anyway I know when silence is your last defense Against another hard day You don’t have to talk it through You don’t have to be okay Some love don’t need answers It just stays (spoken ad-libs) —stay —yeah —I’m not going PRE-CHORUS 2 (VARIATION) If the world keeps asking questions You don’t wanna face Let me be the place you land Not another space CHORUS (LIFTED) I carry you home When your voice won’t rise When your hope feels thin And your faith won’t fight I carry you home Let the night pass through You don’t have to walk this part I’ll do it for you (ad-libs, cracked but steady) —for you —yeah… —I got you BRIDGE (CLOSING EMBRACE — NEAR SPOKEN) (Music drops to cello + guitar hum.) If this is all you’ve got tonight Then it’s enough I don’t need you standing tall I just need you loved (voice soft, sure) Rest now. (half-bar silence) FINAL CHORUS (LAST HOLD) I carry you home Till the dark lets go Till the night loosens What it took from you I carry you home Every step, slow You don’t have to be brave You’re already close (ad-libs layered, fading) —home —yeah… —I got you OUTRO (FADE — NO RESOLUTION) (Strings thin. Guitar remains.) (whisper) You’re safe now. (Final breath. Track ends.)
