Before you leave

Verse 1

I crave love

Not the shallow kind

I want the fire

That softens time

I want the pull

I want the ache

Somewhere safe

Where I can stay

Pre-Chorus

But every time

I get too close

My chest goes tight

I lose my breath

Chorus

So I push you away

Before you see the cracks in me

I burn it down

So you don’t get the chance to leave

I whisper “go”

Before you say my name

It’s not rejection

It’s the waiting that I hate

Verse 2

I find the flaws

In everyone

Like proof I’m right

To always run

Every love

A house of flame

I build it strong

Then light the match

Pre-Chorus

Is it you

I’m scared to lose

Or the part of me

That hopes in you?

Chorus

So I push you away

Before you see the cracks in me

I burn it down

So you don’t get the chance to leave

I whisper “go”

Before you say my name

It’s not rejection

It’s the waiting that I hate

Bridge (half-spoken, very quiet)

There’s not much left

Of my heart to break

Just dust

From every mistake

I hurt myself first

So you don’t get to

I hurt myself first

So you don’t have to

Final Chorus (soft → swell)

I crave love

But I’m scared to stay

I want touch

But I push it away

I push you away

Before you see the truth in me

What a cruel thing

To want love

And run from it completely

Outro (almost a whisper)

Do you feel it too?

That weight in your chest

Wanting something real

And fearing it won’t last