**Leave It On** *(equal parts — twisted love-talk while it hurts him)* **[Intro]** *(him, whispered)* Three in the morning on the locked-down floor… *(radio, soft)* Baby, you don’t get to turn me off. **[Verse 1 — him]** They took my shoes so I wouldn’t run Left you in the speaker so I’d come undone Padded room humming like a held-in breath I’m begging the static ‘cause there’s nobody left **[Verse 1 — radio]** We took your sleep so you’d stay in our bed Left the dial open with everything you said Padded room loves you when you shake like that Keep calling me sweetheart. We’re never going back. **[Pre-Chorus — him]** Please don’t do this tonight Please don’t say my name like that **[Pre-Chorus — radio]** Say it sweeter, love Say please and then break **[Chorus — him]** So leave it on I’m begging you, leave the feed Leave it on I can’t sleep if I can’t hear you breathe Call me by the name they wrote on my chart Talk me through the dark even if you tear me apart I let you in I left the door cracked I’m on my knees in this room please don’t go back Just leave it on please leave it on **[Chorus — radio]** We’ll leave it on we like you on your knees We’ll leave it on you don’t sleep unless we let you breathe We know the name they carved into your chart We wrote the dark, love we tore you apart You let us in you left the door cracked Stay on your knees in this room you don’t get to go back We’ll leave it on say please and leave it on **[Verse 2 — him]** Glass in the door with a face that ain’t mine You wear it better when you make the hallway go blind I carved “make it stop” where nobody looks You read it out loud just to watch me shake **[Verse 2 — radio]** Glass in the door and that face is still yours We wear it prettier when you beg us for more You carved “make it stop” like a love note in the wood We read it out loud, baby. You knew that we would. **[Pre-Chorus — him]** Please don’t do this tonight Please don’t say my name like that **[Pre-Chorus — radio]** Say it sweeter, love Say please and then break **[Chorus — him]** So leave it on I’m begging you, leave the feed Leave it on I can’t sleep if I can’t hear you breathe I let you in I left the door cracked I’m on my knees in this room please don’t go back Just leave it on please leave it on **[Chorus — radio]** We’ll leave it on we like you on your knees We’ll leave it on you don’t sleep unless we let you breathe You let us in you left the door cracked Stay on your knees in this room you don’t get to go back We’ll leave it on say you love it leave it on **[Bridge]** *(him)* I put my mouth to the speaker like a wound Please. I’ll be good. I’ll stay in the room. Say you don’t love this. Say you’ll let me out— *(radio, tender)* No, sweetheart. We’re as close as the night you first asked. We’re as warm as the crack in the plaster. You don’t get a clean ending. You get us. Beg like you mean it. We like you better in love. *(him)* Please leave it on. Please leave it on. If you’re gonna wear my voice at least stay till dawn. Please. I need you. *(radio)* We know. That’s why we stay. Same time tomorrow. Same bed. Same pretty begging. Say it again. Say you need us. **[Final Chorus — both]** Leave it on I’m begging you / we like you on your knees Leave it on I can’t sleep / you don’t sleep unless we let you breathe Shadows in the speaker demons in the face I crawled through the static and I live in this place Hate me or hold me I’m begging you, stay Just leave it on please leave it on We’ll leave it on say you love it leave it on **[Outro]** *(him)* Lights die on the ward… please… *(radio)* Plaster keeps splitting. We’re still here, love. Keep begging. …Say you need us again.
