Please check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Steph_Marie_Music 🫶🫶🫶 [INTRO — 4 BARS] Low guitar riff. Bass enters. Kick builds. [Spoken — dry, controlled] “You really thought I'd still be here?” (Beat) “That's cute.” [Guitar hit] [VERSE 1 — DRIVING, TIGHT PHRASES] You changed the question. Changed the facts. Made me defend What you already knew. Turned every accusation Back around on me. Had me explaining What my own eyes could see. You'd lie without blinking. Then wait for me to react. Call me crazy when I caught it. Call me cold when I stepped back. You knew exactly what you were doing. I just didn't know it then. [PRE-CHORUS — BUILDING] You knew which buttons to push. You knew which ones would hurt. Got pretty damn comfortable Watching how far I would let you go. Go push somebody else's buttons. You ain't touching mine. Not ever again. [CHORUS — FULL BAND / EXPLOSIVE] I'm that pretty little warning— You should know by now! You don't get inside my head. You don't get to turn me around. Go push somebody else's buttons! Go play somebody else's game! You can beg! You can bargain! You can say whatever you like! You lost access to me! And you don't get it back! Not this time! [VERSE 2 — MORE AGGRESSIVE] You'd disappear when it mattered. Come back when you needed something. Every apology had conditions. Every promise came with strings. You knew how to look wounded Before anybody asked. Made yourself the injured party Before I could state the facts. I spent too damn long Trying to make you tell the truth. Then I stopped asking questions. I started watching what you do. [PRE-CHORUS — BIGGER] You knew which buttons to push. You knew which ones would hurt. Got pretty damn comfortable Watching how far I would let you go. Go push somebody else's buttons. You ain't touching mine. Not ever again. [CHORUS — FULL BAND / FEMALE HARMONIES] I'm that pretty little warning— You should know by now! You don't get inside my head. You don't get to turn me around. Go push somebody else's buttons! Go play somebody else's game! You can beg! You can bargain! You can say whatever you like! You lost access to me! And you don't get it back! Not this time! Female harmony underneath: “Not this time…” [BRIDGE — HALF-TIME / DROP] Drums pull back. Bass + low guitar. I know what you did. I know what you said. I know what you denied. I know how many times You made me question What I already knew. But here's the part You never counted on— I stopped needing you to admit it. Short pause. I figured you out. [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK — 8 BARS] (NO VOCALS) [FINAL CHORUS — MAXIMUM IMPACT] I'm that pretty little warning— YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW! You don't get inside my head! YOU DON'T GET TO TURN ME AROUND! Go push somebody else's buttons! GO PLAY SOMEBODY ELSE'S GAME! You can beg! You can bargain! YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU LIKE! YOU LOST ACCESS TO ME! (Band drops) YOU DON'T GET IT BACK! (Full band slams in) NOT THIS TIME! Female harmony: “Not this time!” (Lead) NOT EVER AGAIN! [OUTRO — HARD STOP] Guitar rings. [Low, controlled rasp] “Go find somebody else to fool.” (Beat) “I'm not the one anymore.” [Final guitar hit]
