Next Time

Verse 1 (tight, almost spoken rhythm)

Next time listen—no, not to me,

To the silence you keep creating,

Next time look at what you’ve done,

Don’t pretend you’re the only one.

Next time say it straight and clear,

Don’t disappear, don’t reappear,

Truth doesn’t hide, truth doesn’t run—

That’s what you’ve never done.

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Pre-Chorus (building tension)

Where you go, where you stay,

All the things you never say,

Every gap, every lie—

They don’t fade, they multiply.

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Chorus (BIG, layered, Queen-style lift)

Secrets kill—(echo) secrets ruin,

Buried everything we were doing,

Time reveals what truth resists—

I’m over you, I’m over this.

Lies and untruths, over and over,

You vanish when I get closer,

You broke it more than you knew—

Now I see the truth.

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Verse 2 (sharper, more confrontational)

Who do you think you are,

Walking out and calling it scars?

Taking love and giving doubt,

Leaving wreckage on the way out.

Why’s your pain the loudest sound,

Why’s your hurt the only ground?

Why does no one else get space,

Why’s it always your embrace?

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Pre-Chorus

You isolate, you separate,

Call it love but it’s just escape,

Build it up just to tear it down—

That’s the pattern I found.

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Chorus (bigger, harmonies stack)

Secrets kill—secrets ruin,

Turned love into something ruined,

Time reveals what truth resists—

I’m over you, I’m over this.

Lies and untruths don’t hold me now,

You don’t get to break me down,

You disappeared—I see it clear—

I’m not staying here.

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Bridge (Queen-style dramatic break)

Why? (pause)

For what? (pause)

For who?

Was it ever love…

Or just you?

(CHOIR/HARMONY SWELL)

Just you… just you… just you…

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Final Chorus (resolution, strong, major lift feel)

Secrets kill—but truth is louder,

I stand here now, I’m stronger, prouder,

No more silence, no more proof—

I choose me, I choose truth.

You don’t get another chance,

I won’t stay inside this dance,

You disappeared—I understand—

I finally take my stand.

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Outro (quiet, final)

Next time…

Be better.

For someone else.