If I Can't Have You

[Verse 1]
You left your sweater on my chair
Coffee ring’s still on the table
I try to move one little thing
My hands just shake
I’m not able
[Chorus]
If I can’t have you
No one could
That’s the promise in my blood
Every road I walk runs back
To the moment we were us
If I can’t have you
I’ll stay stuck
Talking to your ghost for good
If I can’t have you
If I can’t have you
No one could
[Verse 2]
Your name half-typed in every search
Your laugh in every conversation
My friends say “time will do its work”
Time just froze on your location
[Chorus]
If I can’t have you
No one could
That’s the promise in my blood
Every road I walk runs back
To the moment we were us
If I can’t have you
I’ll stay stuck
Talking to your ghost for good
If I can’t have you
If I can’t have you
No one could
[Bridge]
Tell me you’re alright
Tell me you moved on
I’ll still leave that porch light
Burning
Burning till the dawn (yeah)
[Chorus]
If I can’t have you
No one could
That’s the promise in my blood
Every road I walk runs back
To the moment we were us
If I can’t have you
I’ll stay stuck
Talking to your ghost for good
If I can’t have you
If I can’t have you
No one could

Modern pop ballad with a moody, pulsing synth bed and warm piano; male vocals sit intimate in the verses, soaring and stacked in the chorus. Subby bass blooms under a halftime groove, with tight snaps on the backbeat. Bridge strips to vocal and pads, then final chorus hits bigger with gang-style backs and a lifted top-line ad-lib.