Stop Pushing Me

[Verse 1]
Why you gotta push me when I go quiet
You know I ain’t good at talking when I’m trying
To keep from saying something I can’t take back
Yeah I’ve been down that road, we both know that
You get fired up, I feel it too
But I ain’t trying to light that fuse
I’m just sitting here, biting my tongue
Trying not to come undone

[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah you think silence means I don’t care
But I’m fighting words hanging in the air

[Chorus (HOOK)]
So stop pushing me, pushing me
I’m hanging on by a thread, can’t you see?
If I don’t talk, there’s a reason why
I’m just trying to get us through tonight
Stop pushing me, pushing me
Ain’t every quiet what you think it means
Yeah I love you, I ain’t leaving
But stop pushing me

[Verse 2]
You say I shut down when you talk ‘bout mine
Like I don’t hear it every single time
One’s this, one’s that, yeah I let it go
‘Cause I know where that road goes
I know you care, I know you do
That’s why I don’t say what I want to
‘Cause one wrong word and it all goes south
And we can’t take that back once it’s out

[Pre-Chorus]
I’m holding the line, trying to be strong
Just keeping us from going wrong

[Chorus (HOOK)]
So stop pushing me, pushing me
I’m hanging on by a thread, can’t you see?
If I don’t talk, there’s a reason why
I’m just trying to get us through tonight
Stop pushing me, pushing me
Ain’t every quiet what you think it means
Yeah I love you, I ain’t leaving
But stop pushing me

[Bridge (stripped down, emotional)]
Yeah this time I broke, I said it out loud
“You don’t say nothing nice,” and it hit you hard
I didn’t mean you don’t love ‘em—I know that’s true
That’s what I was trying to keep from you
Now we’re right back in that dead-end road
Where the hurt sits in the quiet, cold

[Final Chorus (bigger, gritty)]
So stop pushing me, pushing me
Before we say what we don’t mean
If I go quiet, let me be
That’s me trying to keep the peace
Stop pushing me, pushing me
Don’t turn love into a memory
Yeah I love you, I ain’t leaving
But stop pushing me

[Outro (spoken-feel)]
If I don’t say it… there’s a reason

Luke Combs style country-pop, gritty male vocal, acoustic guitar, electric lead, steady drums, emotional hook