[VERSE 1 — ADULT WOMAN — SUNG — 16 BARS — FULL BEAT IMMEDIATELY] I still see her in that bedroom, Counting footsteps down the hall. Little hands beneath the covers, Trying not to cry at all. She learned how to read the silence, Learned when something wasn’t right. Learned to make herself invisible, Just to make it through the night. Way too young to carry secrets, Way too scared to make a sound. Every night she kept on praying Someone somehow came around. Sometimes I still feel her shaking, Like she’s living in me now. And if she could see me standing here— I know what she’d ask me now. [ADULT VOCAL STOPS — BEAT DISAPPEARS] [SECOND VOCALIST — Little GIRL — SUNG] Did we get away? Did the hurting ever stop? Did we find somewhere that’s safe? Did somebody finally love us? [SMALL PAUSE] Did I grow up okay? [HEARTBEAT SLOWS] Did we make it out? [COMPLETE SILENCE] [ADULT WOMAN RETURNS — SUNG — MASSIVE 808 + DRUM DROP] YEAH, BABY, WE MADE IT OUT— LOOK AT WHO WE FUCKING ARE NOW. Everything they tried to take from us Couldn’t keep us on the ground. You don’t gotta hide no more. You don’t gotta watch that door. Nobody came to save you then— BUT I’M HERE NOW. Let that scared little girl look up— BABY, WE MADE IT OUT. [VERSE 2 — ADULT WOMAN — SUNG — 16 BARS — HARDER DRUM POCKET] I won’t lie and say we’re healed now, Some nights still can pull me back. Certain sounds can shake my body, Certain memories still attack. But I learned what safe can feel like. Built a home where love don’t hurt. Found my voice beneath the silence, Finally learned what I was worth. I became the fucking woman That you needed back when. Found the strength inside the pieces They thought wouldn’t breathe again. That bedroom wasn’t forever. That fear wasn’t our whole life. Baby, there’s a world beyond it— And you fucking survived. [PRE-CHORUS — ADULT WOMAN — SUNG — DRUMS BUILD] Look at me. We’re not there anymore. No more counting every footstep. No more watching every door. No more praying for the morning Just to make it through the night. I’m right here. This time— I’m not leaving you behind. [BEAT STRIPS TO PIANO] [SECOND VOCALIST — little GIRL — SPOKEN] So… We’re really okay? [PAUSE] [ADULT WOMAN — SOFTLY SUNG] Yeah, baby. We are. [DRUM FILL — HUGE DROP] [CHORUS — ADULT WOMAN] YEAH, BABY, WE MADE IT OUT— LOOK AT WHO WE FUCKING ARE NOW. Everything they tried to take from us Couldn’t keep us on the ground. You don’t gotta hide no more. You don’t gotta watch that door. Nobody came to save you then— BUT I’M HERE NOW. Let that scared little girl look up— BABY, WE MADE IT OUT. [BRIDGE — ADULT WOMAN — RAW VOCAL + HEARTBEAT + ELECTRIC VIOLIN] I wish somebody would’ve seen you. Wish somebody would’ve known. Wish somebody would’ve held you When you carried that alone. But you were never what they did. You were never theirs to break. Every night you made it through Was another piece They couldn’t take. [ADULT VOCAL COMPLETELY STOPS] [SECOND VOCALIST — little GIRL — SPOKEN] Do I have to be scared anymore? [ADULT WOMAN — SPOKEN SOFTLY] No. [little girl singing ] Do I still have to hide? [ADULT WOMAN] Never again. [little girl — VERY QUIET] Can I finally sleep? [COMPLETE SILENCE] [ADULT WOMAN — VOCAL CRACK — ALMOST A WHISPER] Yeah, baby. I got you now. [ONE FULL BEAT OF SILENCE] [FINAL CHORUS — ADULT WOMAN — BIGGEST DROP — DOUBLE DRUMS] WE FUCKING MADE IT OUT— LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE ARE NOW. That little girl they left afraid Grew into a woman they can’t take down. YOU DON’T GOTTA HIDE NO MORE. I’M THE ONE WHO GUARDS THAT DOOR. Nobody came to save us then— SO I BECAME WHO WE NEEDED. Let her breathe. Let her cry. Let her finally close her eyes. I got you now. I got us now. BABY— WE FUCKING MADE IT OUT. [OUTRO — ALL DRUMS GONE — PIANO + HEARTBEAT] [SECOND VOCALIST — little GIRL — SPOKEN] We made it? [ADULT WOMAN — SPOKEN] Yeah. We made it. [LONG PAUSE] [little GIRL — WHISPER] Okay.
