[Intro — restrained clean guitar, distant ambience, deep low vocal] I still leave the light on sometimes Like you’re gonna walk through that door And for one small second I forget you’re not here anymore [Verse 1 — intimate, vulnerable] You came into my life And filled every empty space You turned a house into a home Just by being here Now every room remembers you Every silence says your name And I would give anything To hear your footsteps again [Pre-Chorus — drums slowly building] I wasn’t prepared to lose you I wasn’t ready for goodbye I knew that life was fragile But I never thought you’d die [Chorus — expansive distorted guitars] Give me ten reasons Why you had to leave Ten reasons I should understand Why you couldn’t stay with me You gave me a lifetime That wasn’t nearly long enough And now I’m learning how to breathe Inside a world without your love [Verse 2 — deeper, emotional] You left behind beautiful children Who still carry pieces of you I see your smile inside their faces In everything they say and do But I can’t fill your absence I can only hold them close And try to be the strength you gave us When I feel like letting go [Pre-Chorus — stronger] You had so much more life to give So many mornings left to see So many dreams still waiting So many years you owed to me [Chorus — bigger] Give me ten reasons Why you had to leave Ten reasons I should understand Why you couldn’t stay with me You gave me a lifetime That wasn’t nearly long enough And now I’m learning how to breathe Inside a world without your love [Verse 3 — progressive guitar development, dark bass] Maybe you were made for something greater Something I could never see Maybe heaven needed an angel More than this world needed you and me Maybe a soul like yours Was never meant to belong to just one man Maybe I should have known You were always part of something bigger than I am And maybe that’s why you had to go Maybe that’s why you couldn’t stay But knowing doesn’t stop the tears Or make the pain disappear [Bridge — stripped back, almost whispered] Your laughter still lives in this house Your voice still echoes in my head I still turn around to tell you things Then remember you’re gone instead And I know you’re watching somewhere I know you’re following every step But God, I wish you were beside me I wish I could hold you again [Build — drums and guitars gradually return] I should have known You were too beautiful to keep I should have known A soul like yours was meant for something deep I should have known You were here on borrowed time But I would borrow every second back If I could have one more night [Final Chorus — huge emotional climax] Give me ten reasons Why you had to leave Ten reasons I should understand Why you couldn’t stay with me You had a greater purpose Somewhere beyond this life And maybe heaven called your name Because it needed your light You were too beautiful for this world Too precious to belong to me alone But knowing that you’re somewhere safe Doesn’t make this house feel like home [Final Climax — powerful, raw vocal] I know you had to go I know you’re watching from above I know your light is still alive I know you never left my love But I wasn’t ready I wasn’t ready I wasn’t ready to let you go [Quiet Outro — guitars fading] Ten reasons why you had to leave And a thousand reasons why I wanted you to stay I love you I miss you And I’ll carry you Until I see you again
