Title: Nothing Compares 2 U (Stage Version) [Intro – live] (Soft) Check… check… One more for the ones we lost. (Low, almost whispered) If you ever buried somebody in your chest… sing this with me. [Verse 1] It's been seven hours and fifteen days Since you took your love away I go out every night and sleep all day Since you took your love away Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want I can see whomever I choose I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant But nothing, I said, nothing can take away these blues [Pre-Chorus] They say “move on,” like it’s that small, But they don’t know this drop, this fall. [Chorus] 'Cause nothing compares Nothing compares to you Nothing even comes close to you, Every new distraction just proves it’s true: All the shattered glass in the shape of your ghost— I keep breathing, but nothing even comes close. [Verse 2] It's been so lonely without you here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling Tell me, baby, where did I go wrong? I could put my arms around every girl I see But they'd only remind me of you I went to the doctor and guess what he told me, guess what he told me He said, "Man, you better try to have fun no matter what you do," but he's a fool [Pre-Chorus] They say “let go,” like it’s that clean, But you’re wired in every scene. [Chorus] 'Cause nothing compares Nothing compares to you Nothing even comes close to you, Every new distraction just proves it’s true: All the shattered glass in the shape of your ghost— I keep breathing, but nothing even comes close. [Bridge – stage] (Spoken over held chords) I tore your pictures off the wall… but the outlines stayed. I changed my number, changed my hair… still hear you breathing in the empty air. If there’s a heaven where you exist, it’s locked behind what I can’t fix. [Bridge] All the flowers that you planted, mama, in the backyard All died when you went away I know that living with you, baby, was sometimes hard But I'm willing to give it another try (Soft sung) So I haunt this life like a failing light, Flicker on and off in an endless night. [Breakdown – live] (Drums + bass only, half-time) Nothing… nothing… nothing hits the way you do. I tried… I tried… but it all falls through. No substitute, no borrowed truth, Just a room full of noise that’s not you. (Last line, almost a shout) It’s not you. [Final Chorus – big] Nothing even comes close to you, Not the prayers, not the rage, not the things I do. I could tear this world down stone by stone, Still be screaming your name when I’m all alone. Nothing even comes close to you, When the last late hour drags me through, I’m a hollow song on a broken note— Still repeating: nothing even comes close. [Outro – live] (Voice cracking, almost spoken) Nothing compares Nothing compares to you Nothing compares Nothing compares to you Nothing compares Nothing compares to you
