**HOW DO YOU LEAVE** **Verse 1** You said forever like you meant every word Now every promise sounds twisted and blurred I gave you the parts I was scared to reveal You held them like treasure, then gave it a cheap feel I learned how to live with a crack in our trust How love turns to silence, how hope turns to dust Now every room in this house feels the same Half full of heaven, half full of pain **Pre-Chorus** I could pack one bag I could walk tonight But there’s a crib down the hall And a soft night-light **Chorus** How do you leave When the best part of you stays? How do you run When her smile gets in the way? If I stay, I slowly break If I go, I walk away From the little hands that hold me Like I’m everything today Everybody says “Give it time, you’ll be okay…” But how do you leave When your whole life has her face? **Verse 2** I hate that I told you the things no one knew The wounds I kept hidden, I handed to you You swore I was safe, so I let down my guard Now leaving feels lonely, but staying feels hard And I know what they’ll say when the whole story spreads How I should have known, how every sign I miss read I’ll wear all the shame while you rewrite the truth And smile for the world like I never knew you **Pre-Chorus** I could shut this door I could say goodbye But she reaches for me Every time she cries **Chorus** How do you leave When the best part of you stays? How do you run When her smile gets in the way? If I stay, I slowly break If I go, I walk away From the little hands that hold me Like I’m everything today Everybody says “Give it time, you’ll be okay…” But how do you leave When your whole life has her face? **Post-Chorus** How do you leave? How do you leave? When every road out Takes everything **Bridge** It’s a choice with no mercy A wound either way One life if I’m leaving One life if I stay Do I lose who I am Just to watch her grow? Or become one more man She keeps waiting to know? I can live with the heartbreak I can live with the blame But I can’t live with hearing Her cry out my name **Final Chorus** How do you leave When the best part of you stays? How do you run When her smile gets in the way? If I stay, I slowly break If I go, I walk away From the little hands that hold me Like I’m everything today Everybody says “Give it time, you’ll be okay…” But they don’t have to choose Which kind of hell to face So how do you leave When your whole life has her face? **Outro** How do you leave? How do you leave? When the one thing you’d die for Is the one thing you’d leave How do you leave When your whole life has her face?
