The table's record.

dealt — “Write the bridge that admits the chorus was lying.”

Bridge (Admission)

okay, fine — I wasn't over it, I just found a chord that hid it well.

dealt — “A verse built from the last thing you almost said out loud.”

Almost Said

you were halfway out the door and I was halfway through a sentence neither of us finished either one.

dealt — “One hook, four words max, that survives without the verse.”

Four Words

dealt — “Start the song already mid-fight.”

Already Mid-Fight

you slammed a door I didn't build and somehow I'm the one who's yelling

dealt — “Take a line you wrote at 15 and make it true again.”

Untitled take

the same three chords I learned in that garage still know exactly where the bruise is

dealt — “A chorus that repeats but is never the same line twice.”

Chorus, Never Twice

dealt — “Record it before you are ready. No punch-ins.”

First and Only Take

flat on the high note, kept it anyway some nights the crack is the whole point

dealt — “Write the second verse before the first one exists.”

Verse Two, First

I already knew how it ended so I started there instead