Second Draft

[Intro: reversed piano, tape flutter]

[Verse 1: intimate melodic baritone]
I knew you from a chapter
That you wish you hadn't written
I could quote the worst of you
And pretend that nothing's different

But I watched you do the work
To change the person you had been

[Pre-Chorus: rising falsetto doubles]
I won't erase what came before
But I can see you're writing more

[Chorus: soaring major-key melody]
We are all a second draft
Of the people we once were
Learning how to tell a story
With a little less of hurt
No one gets to change the past
But the future isn't sealed
Let the better version growing
Have a chance to be revealed

[Break: syncopated fretless bass, guitar runs]

[Verse 2: warm conversational]
I won't pretend the pain was small
Or say that trust comes back on call
But I can notice when you change
Instead of keeping you in chains

[Bridge: half-time, layered thirds]
Accountability and grace
Can both belong within one space

[Final Chorus: cathartic lift]
We are all a second draft
And the pages aren't complete
Let the person doing better
Be somebody we can meet

[Outro: piano resolves]