Don’t Walk Out

[Verse 1]
You set your phone face down
Say you’re just driving home
Ten minutes feel like ten days
Alone in this kitchen light glow
Every quiet in the room
Sounds like “I’m leaving soon”
I replay every word I said
Like I already lost you
[Chorus]
Don’t walk out
Don’t walk out on me
Say you’re mad, say you’re tired
Just don’t leave, don’t leave
My head goes dark, my hands start to shake
One small fight feels like the end of everything
Don’t walk out
Don’t walk out on me
[Verse 2]
You say, “Baby, I’m okay
I just need a little space”
But that space feels like a canyon
I can’t cross, I can’t face
One minute I’m on your side
Next I’m turning on myself
I go from “you’re all I’ve got”
To hiding from your help
[Chorus]
Don’t walk out
Don’t walk out on me
Say you’re mad, say you’re tired
Just don’t leave, don’t leave
My head goes dark, my hands start to shake
One small fight feels like the end of everything
Don’t walk out
Don’t walk out on me
[Bridge]
I know it ain’t easy
Loving someone who breaks this fast
Who needs a promise every evening
You won’t vanish with the past
So if you ever think of going
Can you say it holding me
So I know I’m really losing you
And it’s not just my disease (oh)
[Chorus]
Don’t walk out
Don’t walk out on me
Say you’re mad, say you’re tired
Just don’t leave, don’t leave
My head goes dark, my heart starts to plead
Every goodbye feels like it’s all of me
Don’t walk out
Don’t walk out on me

country, Modern country ballad with male vocals; intimate verses over fingerpicked acoustic and soft pedal steel, brushed snare and warm upright bass. Chorus swells with stacked harmonies, organ pad, and a steady kick, then drops back to near-whispered lines in the bridge before a final, desperate chorus reprise.