If You Leave
v4
@Ksawier Petrus
If You Leave
v4
@Ksawier Petrus
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Keys on the table
Coat by the door
Coffee's gone cold
Like we were before
You say you're "fine"
But your eyes look past me
Like you already walked out
You already left the room
[Chorus]
Stay with me (stay with me)
Please don't leave (please don't leave)
Say you need me
Need me
'Cause I can't breathe
Can't breathe
Stay with me (stay with me)
Don't let go (don't let go)
If you leave
You take my future
Every plan I used to know
Stay with me (stay with me)
Please don't leave (please don't leave)
Say you need me
Need me
'Cause I can't breathe
Can't breathe
[Verse 2]
Fighting in circles
Same three words
You pack your silence
Between each hurt
Your hand on the handle
Mine on your sleeve
If you walk out that hallway
What part of me can leave?
[Bridge]
What if we pause?
What if we learn
To hold our anger
Till it stops burning?
What if you turn
Back to my arms
Just one more time
Just one more time (oh)
[Chorus]
Stay with me (stay with me)
Please don't leave (please don't leave)
Say you need me
Need me
'Cause I can't breathe
Can't breathe
Stay with me (stay with me)
Don't let go (don't let go)
If you leave
I lose the language
Of the only love I've known
Stay with me (stay with me)
Please don't leave (please don't leave)
Say you need me
Need me
'Cause I can't breathe
Can't breathe
Keys on the table
Coat by the door
Coffee's gone cold
Like we were before
You say you're "fine"
But your eyes look past me
Like you already walked out
You already left the room
[Chorus]
Stay with me (stay with me)
Please don't leave (please don't leave)
Say you need me
Need me
'Cause I can't breathe
Can't breathe
Stay with me (stay with me)
Don't let go (don't let go)
If you leave
You take my future
Every plan I used to know
Stay with me (stay with me)
Please don't leave (please don't leave)
Say you need me
Need me
'Cause I can't breathe
Can't breathe
[Verse 2]
Fighting in circles
Same three words
You pack your silence
Between each hurt
Your hand on the handle
Mine on your sleeve
If you walk out that hallway
What part of me can leave?
[Bridge]
What if we pause?
What if we learn
To hold our anger
Till it stops burning?
What if you turn
Back to my arms
Just one more time
Just one more time (oh)
[Chorus]
Stay with me (stay with me)
Please don't leave (please don't leave)
Say you need me
Need me
'Cause I can't breathe
Can't breathe
Stay with me (stay with me)
Don't let go (don't let go)
If you leave
I lose the language
Of the only love I've known
Stay with me (stay with me)
Please don't leave (please don't leave)
Say you need me
Need me
'Cause I can't breathe
Can't breathe
Style of Music
Moody pop ballad with haunting synth pads, distant piano plucks, and tight, intimate male vocals. Beat pulses gently with deep kick and soft snaps; verses stay close and breathy, then chorus widens into echoing harmonies and a subtle sub swell. Reverb blooms on the hook line for a desperate, floating feel, then everything drops to almost acapella on the final plea.
