[A clean tremolo guitar plays a three-note rising phrase. The last note bends upward and cuts off. Vocal enters in the gap, low and close.] Intro Say it louder. I heard you the first time. Verse 1 You wait until our song comes on To tell me something’s changed I turn it down, you turn away And say it once again I know the words you’re trying to use I see them on your face But you keep saying them so softly I could almost make them stay Pre-Chorus The guitar stops The room goes still You take a breath And I know you will [One beat of silence.] Chorus Don’t make me lean in Just to hear you leave Say it louder, say it louder Don’t make the last word sound like love to me If you’re going, go Don’t whisper it to me Don’t make me lean in Just to hear you leave [The lead holds “leave” alone. The guitar answers with its bent phrase, now falling instead of rising.] Verse 2 I turn the music up again You ask me what I’m doing I say I thought you liked this one You say you always did For half a verse we’re singing Like nothing’s going wrong Then you stop before the last line And I have to sing it on Pre-Chorus The guitar stops The room goes still You take a breath And I know you will Chorus Don’t make me lean in Just to hear you leave Say it louder, say it louder Don’t make the last word sound like love to me If you’re going, go Don’t whisper it to me Don’t make me lean in Just to hear you leave Bridge You say it so gently I almost say, “Come here” That’s what I’m afraid of Not the words, but how they sound from here [No drums. The guitar begins its phrase but cuts off earlier than before.] Final Chorus Don’t make me lean in Just to hear you leave Say it louder, say it louder Don’t make the last word sound like love to me If you’re going, go I won’t ask you to repeat Don’t make me lean in Just to hear you leave Outro [The guitar plays its full phrase for the first time. No vocal answer.] I heard you the first time.
