[spoken-word half spok half sing feel really slowly talk , first-person] [Intro โ slow, sacred, like making a vow] Before we part from this moment I want to make you a promise Not a perfect promise Not a promise I'll never fail But a real one The realest one I've ever made [Verse 1] I will not leave you again Not for the busy days Not for the deadlines Not for the people who need me Before I need myself I will not leave you again Not for the numbness Not for the distractions Not for all the ways I learned to be anywhere but here You waited long enough You were patient beyond what any child should have to be And I owe you Something I can start giving Right now [Mantra x3] I will not leave you. I will not leave you. I promise I will not leave you. I will not leave you. I promise I will not leave you... I will not leave you... I promise [Verse 2] When the headache comes I will ask what you need Instead of reaching for something to make it stop When the anxiety rises I will sit with you in it Instead of running from the feeling When you get loud When you get messy When you get inconvenient I will not silence you I will lean in And I will say I hear you I see you Tell me everything [Mantra x3] I will not leave you. I will not leave you. I promise I will not leave you. I will not leave you. I promise I will not leave you... I will not leave you... I promise [Bridge โ the most tender moment of the whole album] You are not a problem to be solved You are not a symptom to be treated You are not too much You are not too loud You are not too broken You are mine And I am yours And from this moment We walk together Not me dragging you behind me Not you screaming to be noticed But side by side Hand in hand The way it always should have been Welcome home, little one Welcome home [Final Mantra x3 โ the slowest, warmest fade of the whole journey] I will not leave you. I will not leave you. I promise I will not leave you. I will not leave you. I promise I will not leave you... I will not leave you... I promise [Outro โ just breath, just warmth, just silence] You made it You both made it Together ๐ค
