[Verse 1] [F]
(Piano + muted electric guitar harmonics)
You’re half in the doorway
Shoes on
But you still sit down
Your coffee’s gone colder
We dance around what’s going down
I trace all the circles
Our photos on your cracked phone screen
You say that you’re “confused”
I know exactly what you mean
(Male voice enters quietly on last line)
[M – harmony] exactly what you mean…
[Pre-Chorus] [F]
(Bass fades in, heartbeat-like kick)
You keep saying “give it time”
Like time ain’t taking sides
[M – soft echo]
taking sides…
[Chorus] [F + M]
(Full band opens: drums, bass, rhythm guitar; still restrained)
[F – lead]
I don’t wanna
Don’t wanna
Don’t wanna keep you around if you don’t wanna stay
[M – low harmony, widening the space]
if you don’t wanna stay…
[F]
Got my fingers on your shadow
Heart on delay
[M]
heart on delay…
[F]
It’s so hard to keep you on
But it’s so easier to let you go
[F + M – stacked]
So easier to let you go
(Band cuts sharply except piano tail.)
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[Verse 2] [F]
(Drums drop out. Acoustic guitar fingerpicking replaces electric.)
Your jacket on my chair
Sleeves wrapped up in my old shirt
You laugh at some old story
We both know that laughter hurts
You’re talking about “someday”
I’m nodding like I still believe
low register
My chest says “pull you closer”
My hands just roll your sleeves
(Male voice whispers the last word)
[M] sleeves…
[Pre-Chorus 2] [F + M]
(Strings enter quietly for the first time.)
[F]
You’re here but you’re not here
[M]
you’re not here…
[F]
And I’m tired of pretending I don’t feel it
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[Chorus 2] [F + M]
(Bigger than first chorus — crash cymbals, fuller harmonies.)
[F]
I don’t wanna
Don’t wanna
Don’t wanna keep you around if you don’t wanna stay
[M]
don’t wanna stay…
[F]
Got my fingers on your shadow
Heart on delay
[F – break in voice]
It’s so hard to keep you on
But it’s so easier to let you go
(On “go,” band drops completely.)
⸻
[Bridge] (strip everything back)
(Only piano + distant pad. No drums.)
[F]
If leaving’s what you’re choosing
I won’t beg you to be mine
[M – spoken/sung, intimate]
I never asked you to…
[F]
I’d rather miss the version of you
Than live with this half-trying
[F]
I won’t be your almost
I won’t be your in-between
[M – harmony rises unexpectedly]
won’t be your in-between…
[F]
I need a love that shows up
Not one that leans to leave
[Final Chorus – BIG LIFT] [F + M]
(Key change up. Full band. Strings, open drums, wide harmonies.)
[F]
I don’t wanna
Don’t wanna
Don’t wanna love you alone this way
[M – powerful harmony]
alone this way…
[F]
I’ve been holding onto silence
Hoping you’d say
[F + M]
You’re gonna finally stay
(Band sustains… audience expects a huge final note.)
[Outro – Sudden Drop]
(Everything cuts to silence except a dry, close-mic male voice.)
[M – spoken, calm, devastating]
I already left.
(Two beats of silence.)
(Female voice enters alone, barely above a whisper.)
[F]
…yeah.
I know.
(Single piano note. Tape hiss. End.)
Bumblebeegum
