Run From The Ruins

[Verse 1]
Suitcase by the front door
Coffee getting cold in my hand
Your picture on the fridge
I can't even look, I can't
Car keys on the counter
Name on a crumpled note
I write "I have to go"
Then cross it out, then choke
[Chorus]
So I run from the ruins of us
Down back roads, through dust
With your voice in my lungs, still calling
If I stay, I break
If I go, I ache
Either way, this heart keeps falling
I'm just running away from a heartbreak
That keeps running after me
[Verse 2]
Radio is buzzing
I let the silence win
Mile signs like questions
As the daylight thins
Every town looks like you
Same porch, same tired light
I keep checking my mirror
You’re there in my eyes
[Chorus]
So I run from the ruins of us
Down back roads, through dust
With your voice in my lungs, still calling
If I stay, I break
If I go, I ache
Either way, this heart keeps falling
I'm just running away from a lost love
That keeps running after me
[Bridge]
Maybe in some other life
We'd fix what we couldn't fix here (oh)
But I only know how to leave
When I'm drowning in fear
[Chorus]
So I run from the ruins of us
Down back roads, through dust
With your voice in my lungs, still calling
If I stay, I break
If I go, I ache
Either way, this heart keeps falling
I'm just running away from a heartbreak
That keeps running after me

Sparse piano and close, mournful violin. Female vocals almost whispering in the verses, swelling with aching power in the chorus. Subtle strings bloom on the hook, with a few fragile harmonies and soft reverb that makes it feel like an empty room at night. Tempo slow and breathing, letting silences hang between phrases., sad, violin