Stay Gone This Time

[Verse 1]
You left your coat
Still on my chair
Coffee cup ring
Like a scar right there
Every small echo
Had your name in it
I talked to the silence
Till I tasted it
[Chorus]
I’ll always love you
But I need you gone
You were my shelter
And my hardest storm
There’s a hole in my chest
Where your shadow climbs
I’ll always love you
But stay gone this time
[Verse 2]
I learned your absence
Like a second tongue
Called your number
Just to hear it ring once
Friends keep asking
If I’m doing fine
I say “getting better”
While my teeth still grind
[Chorus]
I’ll always love you
But I need you gone
You were my shelter
And my hardest storm
There’s a hole in my chest
Where your shadow climbs
I’ll always love you
But stay gone this time
[Bridge]
I built a life
Around your distance
Begged your ghost
For one more visit
But every return
Left a deeper bruise
Your almost-love
Was a slow abuse (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’ll always love you
But I need you gone
You were my shelter
And my hardest storm
There’s a scar on my heart
Where you used to shine
I’ll always love you
But stay gone this time
Yeah
I’ll always love you
Just stay gone this time

folk, Acoustic ballad intro that blooms into melodic metal: fingerpicked steel-string guitar and male vocals, then toms and bass swell into a mid-tempo half-time groove. Choruses lift with overdriven guitars, wide cymbals, and stacked harmonies; bridge hits a heavier double-time push before dropping back to intimate voice-and-guitar for the last refrain., slow, acoustic, ballad, healing, metal