Pre-chorus and Bridge

Pre-chorus and bridge are for stray lyrics outside the main pattern. They build anticipation as the song transitions, and often don’t rhyme or appear to fit the meter.

• [Pre-Chorus]
• [Bridge]

AI-generated lyrics sometimes include a pre-chorus without labeling it, causing Zona to sing it as an awkward extra line that doesn’t fit the meter.

Adding a metatag label tells Zona this break in the song pattern is intentional, and it should be sung as its own pattern.

Lyrics generated by AI:

[Verse]
Cruisin’ down the streets with nowhere to go
Miles of cars, it’s a never-ending show
Round and round, it’s like a crazy maze
Every parking space, a mirage, a haze
Anxiety’s building, it’s drivin’ me insane

[Chorus]
Driving in circles, looking for a spot
I’m runnin’ out of gas, I’m losing all my shots

Edited to add a [Pre-chorus]:

[Verse]
Cruisin’ down the streets with nowhere to go
Miles of cars, it’s a never-ending show
Round and round, it’s like a crazy maze
Every parking space, a mirage, a haze

[Pre-chorus]
Anxiety’s building, it’s drivin’ me insane

[Chorus]
Driving in circles, looking for a spot
I’m runnin’ out of gas, I’m losing all my shots

Pre-chorus is a lead-in to a chorus. A bridge can go anywhere. It may be enough to simply set apart the lyrics with any descriptive tag:

• [Shout]
• [Whimsical]
• [Melancholy]

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