Stay or go

 [Intro – 4 bars, soft vocal fade-in]

(Echoed ad-libs: “Yeah… yeah… ayy…”)
Mmm, yeah…
Tell me now, would you stay or would you go?
(Mm, yeah… yeah…)

 [Hook – 18 bars, melodic flow like “Let Me Know”]

Would you stay if I showed you my pain? (yeah)
Would you go if I said I can’t change? (uh-huh)
Every night feel the same (same)
I been lost in my ways, tryin’ to find my place (woah)
If I fall, would you pick me up slow? (slow)
If I call, would you answer that phone? (hello)
I been runnin’ through storms alone 
Heart made of ice but it’s still like snow (woo)

Said you’d ride, but you let me crash (skrrt)
Love so deep, yeah, it cut like glass (yeah)
All these dreams that I thought would last (nah)
Now they fade like smoke from the past (yeah)
Every text I type, I delete (delete)
Every memory still repeat (repeat)
I been searchin’ for peace, no receipt (no receipt)
But your ghost still hauntin’ my sleep (yeah, yeah)

(Ayy… can’t let go… nah… I can’t let go…)

[Verse 1 – 16 bars, rap-sing cadence switch-up]

(yeah) Heart broke twice, it beat off sync (off sync)
Life feel fake, I don’t even blink (nah)
Tryna wash pain with the codeine pink (sip)
But the pain come back when I overthink (uh)
Used to talk late nights, same tone (same)
Now the silence feel like a an empty room 
You was sunlight, I was shadow bones (yeah)
Now I’m talkin’ to the dark alone (yeah)

I’ve been floatin’ off meds, no wings (fly)
Tryna numb everything that stings (gone)
I been dreamin’ ‘bout what love brings (yeah)
But it’s war every time that it rings (uh)
I keep seein’ you in my mentions (why?)
Every post feel like a confession (yeah)
Every scar another lesson (lesson)
But your name still stuck, no question (nah)

(Ayy… woah… yeah… I can’t lie… feels like ‘Let Me Know’)

 [Bridge – 8 bars, slowed melodic echo section]

(yeah) I don’t wanna fight no more (no more)
I don’t wanna cry no more (no more)
You said you’d ride through every storm (ride)
Now I’m talkin’ to  myself, I’m torn (torn)
Every night, I replay that tone (tone)
Same words when I felt alone (alone)
You said “baby, you’re not on your own,” (nah)
But now I’m here with a heart of stone (yeah)

(“Mmm… ohhh… yeah…”)

[Hook – 18 bars, final emotional take]

Would you stay if I showed you my pain? (stay?)
Would you go if I said I can’t change? (go?)
Every night feels the same (same)
I been lost in the rain (woah)
If I fall, would you catch my soul? (catch me)
If I call, would you still pick up the phone? (ring-ring)
I been runnin’ from the life I know (from it)
But I can’t let you go (nah), can’t let you go (nah).

You said love don’t fade, it grow (yeah)
But I watched that flame turn cold (ice)
Every scar just tells my role (uh)
Every sip feels like liquid gold (woah)
If I die tonight, you’ll know (you’ll know)
You the only one I’d show (uh-huh)
All the pain I can’t let go (nah)
Tell me, would you stay or go? (go?)

(“Yeah… tell me now… stay or go…”)


Can’t let you go… 
No, no… 
Tell me, would you stay or go? 
(Yeah) 

Tempo: ~155 BPM (Double-time bounce, melodic trap) B minor
Beat vibe: Spacey synths, reverb-heavy 808s, light hi-hats