Intro (breathy, distant)
Yeah— uh
Why leave? Why leave?
Verse 1
Phone on the nightstand, light flickers then dies,
your name on my lips but there’s silence this time.
Used to be oceans in the way you looked at me,
now it’s dry paper trails of what you used to be.
I replay every fight, every little goodbye,
tell myself I’m fine but I’m lying tonight.
You took summer with you when you walked out that door,
left me standing on the porch with my foot on the floor.
Pre-Chorus
Told me it was nothing, said it was for peace,
but peace don’t sound like you leaving me.
Maps on my chest, where did you leave your mark?
I’m stuck in the dark with a flicker and a spark.
Chorus
Why leave? (why leave)
Why run when you knew me?
Why leave? (why leave)
Left my heart like a melody.
Why leave? (why leave)
Say my name but you freeze me—
Why leave if we were meant to be?
Tell me why, tell me why leave me.
Verse 2
Saw your jacket on the chair, thought it was a joke,
tried to laugh it off, but the smoke made me choke.
Your last words were hollow, like coins in a well,
I’m counting all the echoes where your promises fell.
I keep the voicemails, replay like a crime,
every “I love you” cuttin’ deeper each time.
Streetlights and receipts, they all point to you,
every corner remembers the way that we moved.
Pre-Chorus
You said you needed air, said you needed time,
but time don’t fix the cuts when you leave ‘em behind.
I’m writing open letters on the pages of my sleeve,
asking all the empty things — girl, why leave?
Chorus
Why leave? (why leave)
Why run when you knew me?
Why leave? (why leave)
Left my heart like a melody.
Why leave? (why leave)
Say my name but you freeze me—
Why leave if we were meant to be?
Tell me why, tell me why leave me.
Bridge (whisper to scream)
Maybe I was loud, maybe I was young,
maybe I was broken and you came undone.
But you held the flame and you watched it burn,
walked away slow while I begged for return.
If loving you was wrong, I’d learn the sin,
but leaving felt like murder with no one to grin.
Come back with the moon, come back with the keys—
don’t leave a kingdom of questions in me.
Breakdown (sparse piano)
Why leave? (echo)
Why leave? (echo)
Tell me it’s not over— tell me this ain’t the end.
Final Chorus (bigger, layered)
Why leave? (why leave)
Why run when you knew me?
Why leave? (why leave)
Left my heart like a melody.
Why leave? (why leave)
Say my name but you freeze me—
Why leave if we were meant to be?
Tell me why, tell me why leave me.
Outro (fading, vulnerable)
Night feels colder, the silence repeats,
I keep asking the ceiling — why leave, why leave?
SAMMZY
