Don’t be the One Who Got Away

(Verse 1)
You light up every corner of this room,
Like a sunrise breaking through the blue.
Every little thing you do just pulls me in,
Like I never knew a love like this could exist.
And when you laugh, it’s like the world stands still,
Girl, you got a way of bending my will.
I was lost before you came and found my heart,
Now I don’t know how I’d be if we fell apart.

(Pre-Chorus)
I ain’t ever been this sure before,
Baby, you’re the one I’m fighting for…

(Chorus)
So don’t be the one who got away,
‘Cause baby, I wanna love you until my dying day.
Be the reason that my heart don’t ever break,
The only chance I never wanna take.
Don’t be a memory I have to chase,
A lonely night I can’t replace.
Girl, you’re everything I never knew I’d need,
So don’t be the one who got away from me.

(Verse 2)
You’re the reason that the bad days fade to black,
Yeah, one look at you and I get my smile back.
Every second with you feels like gold,
Like a story that was always meant to be told.
You don’t even know just what you do,
Every little thing just pulls me closer to you.
Yeah, you make a broken man believe,
In something like forever he can finally keep.

(Pre-Chorus)
I ain’t ever been this sure before,
Baby, you’re the one I’m fighting for…

(Chorus)
So don’t be the one who got away,
‘Cause baby, I wanna love you until my dying day.
Be the reason that my heart don’t ever break,
The only chance I never wanna take.
Don’t be a memory I have to chase,
A lonely night I can’t replace.
Girl, you’re everything I never knew I’d need,
So don’t be the one who got away from me.

(Guitar solo)

(Bridge – stripped down, emotional)
Yeah, I’ve made my share of wrong turns,
Watched a couple bridges burn…
But with you, I finally see,
What love’s supposed to be.
So don’t slip through my hands tonight…
You’re the rest of my life

(Final Chorus)
So don’t be the one who got away,
‘Cause baby, I wanna love you until my dying day.
Be the reason that my heart don’t ever break,
The only chance I never wanna take.
Don’t be a memory I have to chase,
A lonely night I can’t replace.
Girl, you’re everything I never knew I’d need,
So don’t be the one who got away from me.
So don’t be the one who got away,
‘Cause baby, I wanna love you until my dying day.
Be the reason that my heart don’t ever break,
The only chance I’ll never let me take.
Don’t be the dream that fades to gray,
The one I lost along the way.
Girl, you’re everything I’ll ever need,
So don’t be the one who got away from me.

post grunge, hard rock, southern rock, male