[Verse 1]
Your keys still by the bowl
Your coat still on the chair
I keep expecting you to slam the door
Like you were never scared
The pills were in your pocket
You said you just needed sleep
Now your name sits in my throat
Like a cut that won’t stop bleeding
[Pre-Chorus]
I called, and called
No answer came
Just that blue light
And your mother saying your name
[Chorus]
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I’m still holding on
To the shape of your fear
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I say your name
And it disappears
[Verse 2]
The hallway smells like bleach now
But I still taste last July
You laughed with your whole broken mouth
Like you could outrun a bad life
I found your lighter in the couch
Your song still on my phone
I hate that the world kept moving
When you did not come home
[Pre-Chorus]
I replay that night
Like a bruise
Every little thing
I should have seen through
[Chorus]
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I’m still holding on
To the shape of your fear
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I say your name
And it disappears
[Bridge]
If I could trade my breathing
For one more hour with you
I’d take the ache
I’d take the truth
I’d drag you back from the edge
I’d break that ghost in two
But I just stand in your doorway
And the dark stands there too
[Final Chorus]
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I’m still holding on
To the shape of your fear
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I say your name
And it disappears
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I’m screaming at the empty chair again