[INTRO – fast guitar + drums]
(UPBEAT RIFF)
(HEY! HEY!)
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[VERSE 1 – rhythmic, storytelling]
You showed up late with your makeup smeared
Said you don’t even wanna be here
Talking like you’re not okay
But you stayed anyway
You talk like you’ve already gone
Like you’re halfway out the door
Saying you’re not gonna stay
But you’re still leaning my way
You say it’s all just temporary
Like I’m just another maybe
But you’re still in my car
Holding me like we’ll go far
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[PRE-CHORUS – lift]
So don’t pretend you don’t feel this now
You’re too close just to back out
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[CHORUS – catchy, repeatable]
[SUNG/YELL]
SAY YOU’LL STAY—SAY YOU’RE MINE!
DON’T WALK AWAY—DON’T SAY GOODBYE!
WE’RE TOO FAR GONE TO PLAY IT SAFE
SO SAY YOU’LL STAY—JUST ONE MORE DAY!
(YEAH!)
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[RIFF]
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[VERSE 2 – more tension]
You laugh it off like it’s all a game
But your hands don’t feel the same
Your actions feel restrained
When you pull away
You say you’re tired of getting burned
While holding back what you yearn
But never seem to turn away
Like you like the pain
You don’t gotta say forever
But don’t act like this was never
What you wanted from the start
I can hear it in your heart
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[PRE-CHORUS]
You say you’re leaving every time
But never really say goodbye
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[CHORUS – bigger]
SAY YOU’LL STAY—SAY YOU’RE MINE!
DON’T WALK AWAY—DON’T SAY GOODBYE!
WE’RE TOO FAR GONE TO PLAY IT SAFE
SO SAY YOU’LL STAY—JUST ONE MORE DAY!
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[BRIDGE – stripped, emotional]
(CLEAN GUITAR)
If you go, then just go
But don’t leave me half-alone
If you stay—then stay
Just don’t check out, or fade away
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[BUILD – drums rise]
(HEY! HEY!)
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[FINAL CHORUS – full energy]
[FULL BAND]
SAY YOU’LL STAY—SAY YOU’RE MINE!
DON’T WALK AWAY—DON’T SAY GOODBYE!
WE’RE TOO FAR GONE TO PLAY IT SAFE
SO SAY YOU’LL STAY—JUST ONE MORE DAY!
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[OUTRO – fast finish]
(RIFF + DRUMS)
(CHANT)
HEY! HEY! HEY!
(GUITAR HIT)
Phantom_X
