Leave You Lonely

[INTRO]
[filtered vocal][moody pads][soft piano][drop]
Yeah
(Oh)
Late night
And the truth got too loud

[HOOK]
[stacked][wide lead][deep sub]
I’d rather leave you lonely
(Lonely)
Than love you the wrong way
(Wrong way)
Rather break right now
(Right now)
Than let this drag on another day
We can want this so bad
(So bad)
Still don’t make it right for me
I’d rather leave you lonely
Than lose the best of me

[VERSE 1]
[close-mic][breathy lead][sparse drums]
First time I saw you I could feel your own pace
Strong heart quick mind all fire all grace
That was the pull that brought me close
How you moved like the world was yours and it showed
I respected your world how you carried your weight
How you built what you built and protected your space
And I still do let me make that clear
But the deeper this got truth got louder in here
Some things feel real but don’t fit for life
Some things burn bright but don’t land right
You got your peace I got mine
What makes you lit won’t let me shine
This ain’t blame it ain’t tearing you down
It’s me being honest before we both drown

[HOOK]
[stacked][hook bloom]
I’d rather leave you lonely
(Lonely)
Than love you the wrong way
(Wrong way)
Rather break right now
(Right now)
Than let this drag on another day
We can want this so bad
(So bad)
Still don’t make it right for me
I’d rather leave you lonely
Than lose the best of me

[VERSE 2]
[sub pulse][piano echoes]
For a while chemistry covered the space
Made the hard parts blur let the nights feel safe
But lifestyle ain’t small that’s the part love hides
How you live every day writes the rest of your life
How you move how you rest what you really call peace
What you need when love’s hard not just when love’s sweet
I don’t want a future where I’m just content
Bitin’ my tongue wondering where love went
Smiling on the surface while I fade out
Piece by piece till I don’t know me now
I want somethin’ steady honest and clear
Not a constant fight just to keep you near
So if I leave now it ain’t cold it ain’t hate
It’s me takin the leap before it gets too late

[BRIDGE]
[half-time][piano rise]
Missin’ you and choosin’ you ain’t the same thing
(Same thing)
Wantin’ this to work still won’t make it change
(Change)
Won’t set myself on fire just to keep you warm
Lose my peace just to survive the storm
You deserve a love that fits your life
I deserve the same even if goodbye hurts tonight

[FINAL HOOK]
[bigger final hook][double stack][full swell]
I’d rather leave you lonely
(Lonely)
Than love you the wrong way
(Wrong way)
Rather break right now
(Right now)
Than let this drag on another day
We can want this so bad
(So bad)
Still don’t make it right for me
I’d rather leave you lonely
(Oh)
Than lose the best of me

[OUTRO]
[piano fade][soft ad-libs]
Leave you lonely
(Yeah)
Than lose the best of me

Chris-Brown-style power-ballad-R&B moody-pads piano-swell sparse-drums deep-sub intimate-male stacked-hooks bridge-lift