[Verse 1] [sparse acoustic guitar, soft kick, intimate close vocal] Sittin' in your driveway with the engine running low You keep checking your phone like it's got somewhere else to go Used to be you'd walk me to the door now you barely look my way Used to be you'd ask me in now you're praying that I just pull away Got a ring in your jacket pocket from the day you almost meant it Got a text you never sent to the friend I never met Got a lot of maybes stacked up on the counter Every one of them a little coward living in a man who said he loved me and then didn't [Pre-Chorus] [subtle deep house pulse enters underneath] You wanna hold my hand and then you won't You say you need me then you don't You keep us both just running in this never closing door [Chorus] [wide open pop ballad chorus, soft belted, aching] If I'm not the one you're gonna pick then set me free If I'm not worth the hard decision don't you do that to me I'm not asking you to love me I'm just asking you to let me go Be the coward at the end not the coward in the slow Set me free Set me free If you're not gonna fight for me at least don't lock the door Set me free [Verse 2] [same sparse bed, deeper specifics] Had a whole life planned around you had a whole calendar full Had a spot on my wrist where I almost got your initials Now I got a friend who says honey this ain't love this is a hostage negotiation and I am the only one still trying to bargain I know you heard me crying through the bathroom door last night I know you waited for the water to run so you didn't have to decide You want me to be the bad guy so you don't have to be Baby I won't do that for you that's the last thing you're ever gonna take from me [Pre-Chorus] You wanna hold my hand and then you won't You say you need me then you don't You keep us both just running in this never closing door [Chorus] If I'm not the one you're gonna pick then set me free If I'm not worth the hard decision don't you do that to me I'm not asking you to love me I'm just asking you to let me go Be the coward at the end not the coward in the slow Set me free Set me free If you're not gonna fight for me at least don't lock the door Set me free [Violin Moment] [deep house pulse continues underneath, electric violin plays an aching soaring 8 bar line over acoustic guitar and soft beat, lead guitar absent, violin carries the whole emotional lift] [Bridge] [stripped to just acoustic guitar and voice, then a single piano note] I am praying for closed doors and open windows I am praying for the strength to walk out the way I came I will follow where the wind goes I will be okay I have been okay before I will be okay again But you have to let me leave You have to let me leave You have to [Final Chorus] [fullest version with deep house pulse underneath, strings and soft pads swelling] If I'm not the one you're gonna pick then set me free If I'm not worth the hard decision don't you do that to me I'm not asking you to love me I'm just asking you to let me go Be the coward at the end not the coward in the slow Set me free Set me free If you're not gonna fight for me at least don't lock the door Set me free Set me free Set me free [Outro] [beat drops out, just acoustic guitar and voice, soft and final] Set me free Set me free I'm walking either way I just wish you'd open the door on the way out Set me free
