[Verse 1]
You leave your coffee by the sink
Like you still plan to come back
The hallway holds the shape of you
In every coat and photograph
I learned the sound of turning keys
The pause before you walk inside
Now every room is asking me
Which one of us was first to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
I can carry what we broke
I can sleep beside the smoke
But don’t dress up the goodbye
With a word you never live by
[Chorus]
Don’t tell me you love me
If you’re already halfway gone
Don’t put your hands around me
Just to prove that I belong
I’d rather hear the hard truth
Than a promise wearing thin
Don’t tell me you love me
If you won’t let me in
[Verse 2]
Your blue shirt hangs behind the door
I haven’t moved it in a year
The thread is coming off the cuff
Still holding everything I fear
We got good at making peace
Then breaking it before the dawn
You called it giving up too soon
I called it dragging something on
[Pre-Chorus]
I can carry what we broke
I can sleep beside the smoke
But don’t reach for my hand tonight
If you’re only scared of the fight
[Chorus]
Don’t tell me you love me
If you’re already halfway gone
Don’t put your hands around me
Just to prove that I belong
I’d rather hear the hard truth
Than a promise wearing thin
Don’t tell me you love me
If you won’t let me in
[Bridge]
Say it plain, say it clean
Tell me what you really mean
No more mercy dressed as care
No more leaving me in there
I have lost enough of me
Trying to be easy to keep
[Final Chorus]
Don’t tell me you love me
If you’re already halfway gone
Don’t put your hands around me
Just to prove that I belong
I’d rather hear the hard truth
Let it cut and let it sting
Don’t tell me you love me
If you won’t let me in
[Outro]
Don’t tell me you love me
Just tell me where you stand