Everybody Leaves Different

Verse 1

I keep old voices in my glove box

They rattle when the road gets rough

Every promise I tried to keep

Turned into something I could not touch

I learned goodbyes before hellos

Like a habit I never quit

I leave the lights on in empty rooms

So nobody sees me split

Pre-Hook

I do not hate the distance

I hate the pattern

Hook

Everybody leaves different

Some walk quiet some burn the door

Some take years out of a single sentence

And call it closure

I do not fall I am rewritten

Every time I choose to go

Everybody leaves different

But nobody leaves whole

Verse 2

There is a street that still says my name

Like it expects me to explain

Why I kept changing the locks on my life

But never fixed the frame

I pack regrets in the bottom drawer

With clothes I do not wear

Every mile just makes it clearer

That I was always halfway there

Pre-Hook

I am not afraid of endings

I am afraid of repeats

Hook

Everybody leaves different

Some carry blame like a loaded coat

Some say nothing but look back

Like the truth might float

I do not break I am edited

While acting like I am fine

Everybody leaves different

But nobody leaves on time

Bridge

Say my name without apology

Say it like it is not a crime

Say it like you still believe

I was more than borrowed time

If leaving is a kind of art

Then I was born unfinished

I keep painting over endings

Like they never happened

Final Hook

Everybody leaves different

Some become strangers in their own town

Some wear memories like medals

That they never put down

I do not heal I relocate

Every part I outgrow

Everybody leaves different

So I am learning how to go