****NOTE**** EDIT: 3/4/25. Omg Suno has a delete tool now!!! This version is fixed, removed the repeated stanza. 🙌 ************** [verse 1] 2 am delirium, bladder bursting--- Do I stay, or do I go? The winter chill will not leave Sleep will not come The body, inconsolable [chorus] Always the same silent questions: [pause] Do I stay, or do I go? If not you....who? If not now....when? [short instrumental] [verse 2] Wheels past the parking lot, Fluorescence in the rearview, The mind points homeward, gasps--- Salt in the aisle, never [pause] Do you stay, or do you go? If not you....who? If not now....when? [verse 2 repeated, whoops] Wheels past the parking lot, Fluorescence in the rearview, The mind points homeward, gasps--- Salt in the aisle, never grasped. [chorus] Always the same silent questions: [pause] Do you stay, or do you go? If not you....who? If not now....when? [short instrumental] [verse 3 tho this should actually be verse 4...] Dishwashing at day's end, the last glass slips....smashes. Thumb-texting a response, a long-delayed novel--- [pause] Screen flashes....app crashes. Lines lost in an instant. Do you rewrite? [alt chorus] Sometimes you take seconds. (Seconds seconds seconds). [verse 4 which should actually be verse 3 lol] Gunk on the sweater, Run in the drizzle, Packages in the periphery, stacked high. Ten years old at the pool, Edge of the dive board, toes curled. Do you jump? [alt chorus] Sometimes you take minutes. (Minutes minutes minutes) [tonal change] [short instrumental] [Bridge] Backpacker's maintenance: Hanging up the damp before dinner Filtering the stream before bed, Hauling home into horizon, Stopping. [pause] Slapping tape on a hot-spot, skin's small rebellion. Do you restart the rhythm? [chorus] Always the same silent questions: [pause] Do you stay, or do you go? If not you...who? If not now...when? Sometimes you take days. (Days days days). [crescendo] [verse] Partner finally heard with ears wide open, Job no longer cash cocoon. When are reasons enough for new seasons? [alt chorus] Sometimes you take--- [modified chorus] Always the same silent questions: Always the same movement in answer: [pause] [crescendo] Buckling down, coiling up, gathering--- Do you stay, or do you go? If not you...who? If not now...when? Seconds Minutes Days Years Sometimes you take a life. (life life life) [outro]