Track 6: "My Part"

Confessional Duet — Vintage Neo-Soul

Intro (Together, soft): Two wounded people walked into a room Called it love Called it home Called it forever We were both hiding We just hid in different corners

Verse 1 (Female voice only): I'll go first Here's my part I chose you because you felt like my father Gentle, distant, emotionally unavailable My nervous system said familiar And I called it destiny I didn't know the difference Between home and a house I knew how to survive in

Verse 1 (Male voice only): Here's my part I let you carry everything Because I didn't know how to hold myself I came home wounded from a war That never really ended And instead of healing I hid in the basement With tequila and cigars And called it peace

Chorus (Together): This is what happens When two wounded people collide And call it marriage We weren't building We were hiding Together but alone Both bleeding Neither one saying where it hurt My part, your part We both brought our wounds into the room And wondered why it never felt like home

Verse 2 (Female voice only): I over-functioned so you never had to show up And then resented you for not showing up I managed your emotions So I didn't have to feel my own I filled every gap so seamlessly Neither of us noticed I was drowning while keeping us both afloat That's my part

Verse 2 (Male voice only): I numbed myself so I didn't have to feel Then told you that you were too emotional I called your growth ambition Because your waking up Made my sleeping harder to defend I wasn't present Not because I didn't love you But because presence meant feeling And feeling meant facing Everything I ran from That's my part

Chorus (Together): This is what happens When two wounded people collide And call it marriage We weren't building We were hiding Together but alone Both bleeding Neither one saying where it hurt My part, your part We both brought our wounds into the room And wondered why it never felt like home

Bridge (Female voice only): I'm not here to make you the villain You loved me the best your wounds allowed And I stayed because my wounds Made your limited best feel like enough

Bridge (Male voice only): I'm not here to make you the villain either You held everything together While I fell apart slowly I just wish I had woken up Before you had to leave to save yourself

Final Chorus (Together, slower): This is what healing looks like Two people finally honest Not about what they did to each other But what they did to themselves My part Your part Two wounded people Who couldn't heal in the same house But can finally tell the truth Now that it's over

Outro (Spoken — Female voice only): Before you leave someone Look at what you brought into the room Not to blame yourself But to understand Why their wound felt like home

(Spoken — Male voice only): And if you're the one being left Don't just ask what they did wrong Ask what you were hiding from While they were drowning right next to you

(Together, whispered): My part Your part Now we know