What if I walked away

[Verse 1]
You had them wandering eyes,
Made a home for little lies, (little lies…)
And I tried to act unfazed
But, baby… you were crossing lines. (mm-hmm)
I held my breath through the storms,
Didn’t know what I was fighting for— (yeah…)
Had my keys up in my hand,
Ready to walk right out that door. (walk right out that door…)

But something in the way you changed,
Caught me off guard, made my heart hesitate. (heart hesitate…)
Why’d you wait till I was gone
To finally act right? (act right…)

[Pre-Chorus]
And now you’re saying all the things
I prayed you’d say back then… (back then, back then…)
Makes me wonder deep inside again: (wonder again…)

[Chorus]
What if I walked? (what if I walked…)
What if I listened when my girls said, “Baby, let him go”? (let him go…)
What if I turned off my heart, didn’t stay, didn’t let it grow? (mm, didn’t let it grow…)
What if I never gave you time to fix the mess you made? (fix it, fix it…)
Would you still be the man you became? (the man you are…)
Or would you still be the boy who played? (ohh yeah…)

What if I left? (what if I left…)
What if I never looked back that day? (never looked back…)
Sometimes I think about the love we saved…
What if I walked away? (walked away… yeah…)

[Verse 2]
You had me questioning my worth,
Thinking love was meant to hurt— (meant to hurt…)
But even broken pieces shine
If someone handles them right. (handles them right…)
And somewhere in your apology,
Somewhere in the way you softened me, (softened me…)
You turned into everything
I needed you to be. (needed you…)

Funny how the moment I got strong,
That’s the moment you finally came along. (came along…)
Love’s timing can be cruel…
Almost lost you too soon. (too soon…)

[Pre-Chorus]
And every now and then I feel
Those memories come back in— (come back in…)
And I still whisper to myself again: (to myself again…)

[Chorus]
What if I walked? (what if I walked…)
What if I listened when my girls said, “Baby, he ain’t it”? (he ain’t it…)
What if I kept my pride and never gave you one more chance to fix it? (one more chance…)
What if I never let you hold me when I cried that night? (hold me that night…)
Would we still be here learning how to love right? (love right…)

What if I left? (what if I left…)
What if I vanished without a trace? (without a trace…)
Sometimes I replay how close we came…
What if I walked away? (walked away… ohhh…)

[Bridge]
Maybe I was meant to stay long enough
For you to grow into the man I love. (my man, my love…)
Maybe heartbreak had a purpose,
Maybe grace was worth the risk. (worth the risk…)
’Cause losing me
Would’ve been the lesson you never could forget. (never forget… yeah…)

[Final Chorus]
What if I walked? (what if I walked…)
What if I let the pain decide, didn’t let your change speak loud? (speak loud…)
What if I didn’t see the man you are now? (the man you are now…)
What if I turned around
And never gave this love a day to bloom? (never to bloom…)

What if I left too soon? (left too soon…)

A soft, dreamy, modern R&B slow-jam with warm, emotional vocals. The production feels intimate, feminine, and polished.