Leave Before You Love Me

You call me late

Say you’re outside

Hair up

Big shirt

Bare face still looking pretty

Soft eyes

You laugh too hard

At my worst jokes

You trace my scars

Like you already know

You say you’re cool

Taking this slow

But your heartbeat’s loud

Pressed to my coat

You want all of me

But I don’t trust what love does to me

So I go

Leave before you love me

Yeah

I feel it too

That’s exactly why I'll ruin you an me

So I go

Leave before you love me

You pull up in that hoodie

Bare face still looking pretty

Still look unreal

Laughing loud at my worst jokes

Say you like the way I feel

You be talking ‘bout the future

Like you already moved in

I be nodding in the passenger

Heart locked

Fake grin

You say

"Why you move so fast

Then push me away even faster?"

I say

"Girl

Just chill

Just laugh"

But my chest feel like disaster

Every time you get closer

I can taste that old hurt

See her name in your number

Like I’m waiting to get burned

I could love you

But I leave first

Pull the plug before it gets worse

Every kiss feel like a promise

Every promise feel like a curse

I don’t blame you

I don’t trust me

I get happy

Then I get nervous

Yeah I'll leave before you love me

Last girl had me on the floor

Phone face down

Eyes wide

Turned my "ride or die"

To a stranger on the other side

Now every "I got you"

Sounds like a setup in disguise

when you say "I’m not her"

I can’t look you in the eyes

Got a bag by the front door

Just in case it gets too real

Got a joke for every secret

Turn my pain into a shield

You just wanna wear my hoodie

Meet my momma

Eat with my friends

I just wanna hit the gas

Before another story ends

I could love you

But I leave first

Pull the plug before it gets worse

Every kiss feel like a promise

Every promise feel like a curse

I don’t blame you

I don’t trust me

I get happy

Then I get nervous

Yeah

I love you

But I leave first

Disappear before I deserve this

[low vocal register] You say

"I won’t break you"

I hear

"I’ll replace you"

You say

"I’m not her"

I just replay her

Replay her

I hate that I’m this way

But I’m more scared to stay

So I pack up my feelings

And I throw us away [crescendo]

Last one swore

She was built to stay

Turned my whole world

Into ash and blame

Now every “stay”

Sounds like a trap

Every goodnight text

Feels like a catch

You touch my face

Say “I’m not her”

I choke on words

That you still ain’t heard

I’m scared you’ll see the mess I hide

The cracked-up man behind my pride behind blue eyes

So I pack my bag before the fall

If you never tell me I fell in love with you then you'll never fall

You’re everything

That I keep praying for

But I’ve learned to leave

First

And hurt later more

[low vocal register] I’m not brave enough to stay,the last one broke me beyond repair,I don't want to fall if you let go,the last one let go after saying I won't let you fall,baby I can't stay,l gotta leave before I fall in love with you,catch myself before the fall