My Bad II

[Piano Intro (signature, reflective)

(Solo piano, rubato—free timing)]

[High, soft notes drift in… hesitant, searching

A simple descending phrase, not fully resolved

Left hand enters warm and low, like a slow heartbeat

Repeat the phrase with slight variation…

Then let it hang… unresolved]

I was finally learning how to let you go

Taking different roads, driving slower alone

There were days I didn’t think of you at all

Didn’t hear your voice every time night would fall

I had almost made it to the other side

Where your memory fades and the past unties

Yeah I told myself I was doing fine

Leaving you somewhere back in time

Then a red light caught me by the old gas station

Just another stop on a nameless occasion

And I almost missed it as I rolled on through

Till the world stood still… and I saw you

You were laughing like the years hadn’t changed

Leaning on the door like we used to stay

Talking to someone like I used to do

Like I was never even part of you

My bad… thinkin’ I was movin’ on

My bad… sayin’ you were really gone

All it took was one look in that neon light

And every piece of me went back to life

Yeah I swore I was finally free

From the weight of what we had

My bad… guess I wasn’t over that

I kept drivin’ but I don’t know how far

Every mile just took me back to where you are

That laugh kept echoing in my mind

Like a song I swore I left behind

And it hit me harder than it did before

You don’t miss me like I miss you anymore

You found a life that don’t include my name

And I’m still circling what we became

My bad… thinkin’ I was movin’ on

My bad… sayin’ you were really gone

All it took was one look in that neon light

And every piece of me went back to life

Yeah I swore I was finally free

From the weight of what we had

My bad… guess I wasn’t over that

Funny how a moment can undo the years

Bring it all back clear as tears

I was healing… or so I thought

Till I saw what I forgot

My bad… thinkin’ I was movin’ on

My bad… sayin’ you were really gone

You were right there under those station lights

And I lost every mile I’d won in that fight

Yeah I guess some hearts don’t heal

They just learn to pretend they have

My bad… guess I wasn’t over that

[(Everything drops to solo piano)

Return to the intro melody… slower now, heavier

Hold each note longer… let it ache

Repeat the phrase one last time—this time gently resolved

Add a low, warm final note underneath

Let it ring… and fade naturally]

“Yeah… I thought I was…”

(pause)

“…my bad.”