[Intro – Voice A, very close, almost spoken] I heard you say it like it didn’t mean a thing just a quiet little sentence with a hidden sting [Verse 1 – Voice A] You move like nothing’s wrong but I feel it in your tone there’s a distance in your eyes like you’re already gone [Pre-Chorus – Voice B enters softly] Say it slow say it low I already know [Chorus – A + B layered / call & response] (A) The new thing dies before it grows (B) before it grows… don’t you know… (A) we don’t fight it, we just let it go (B) let it go… let it go… (A) I’m still here but I’m alone (B) you’re not alone… I’m not home… (A) you’re right next to me, but you’re not home (B) not home… not home… [Verse 2 – Voice B leads] We were something in the dark like a fire without a spark I was holding on to you you were falling right apart [Verse 2b – Voice A answers] I was there, I didn’t leave just forgot what to believe every word began to fade like a ghost we couldn’t keep [Pre-Chorus 2 – both] (A) Say it slow (B) don’t say it twice (A) say it low (B) we pay the price [Chorus 2 – fuller] The new thing dies before it grows we don’t fight it, we just let it go I’m still here but I’m alone you’re right next to me, but you’re not home [Drop – instrumental] [Verse 3 – Voice B] If I stay, do we break if I run, is it fake every line that we draw turns to dust anyway [Verse 4 – Voice A] I don’t shout, I don’t bleed I just cut what we need keep it quiet, keep it clean kill the hope in between [Bridge – alternating] (A) Don’t look back (B) I still do (A) It won’t last (B) neither do you (A) Let it fall (B) let it hurt (A) say nothing (B) say the worst [Final Chorus – both] The new thing dies before it grows we don’t fight it, we just let it go I’m still here but I’m alone you’re right next to me, but you’re not home before it grows… before it grows…
