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Verse 1 You said my name like it still meant something Standing half-drunk in a doorway frame Same old jacket, same tired story Just a different way to say my name I could smell that smoke on your apology Like you practiced it in the car You don’t look like you came to fix it You look like you came this far Pre-Chorus And I ain’t raising my voice this time No, I already said goodbye Chorus You can leave the light on if you want to But I won’t be walking back through that door I burned every bridge you left me standing on I don’t live there anymore You can say you changed, I don’t need to I learned what your love was for It taught me how to stand up without you I don’t live there anymore Verse 2 There’s a glass on the sink you never washed And a dent where you slammed that chair You always left like a storm in motion And expected me to still be there I was quiet like a Sunday morning You were thunder I couldn’t hold Now I sleep like a house with no one in it And it don’t get cold Pre-Chorus You keep talking like I might bend But I’m not who I was back then Chorus You can leave the light on if you want to But I won’t be walking back through that door I burned every bridge you left me standing on I don’t live there anymore You can say you changed, I don’t need to I learned what your love was for It taught me how to stand up without you I don’t live there anymore Bridge (stripped → build) I used to wait up counting headlights Every sound outside would pull me in Now silence don’t feel like losing It just feels like breathing again (build starts) You don’t get to call this healing Just because you miss the war I found peace in the wreckage you left I’m not yours anymore Final Chorus (full band, heavier) You can leave the light on if you want to Let it burn till it hits the floor I won’t be the one you come back to I don’t live there anymore You can say my name, I won’t answer Ain’t that what leaving’s for You finally lost what you never held I don’t live there anymore Outro (quiet, almost spoken) Yeah, you can leave the light on… Just don’t wait up for me