[Male Lead] [Intro] [Low guitar hum, distant electronic noise] Funny I spent all this time Learning how to leave Now look at me [Verse 1] I know every exit in the building Before I know anybody’s name Know which doors stick Which stairs creak Which hallway buys me thirty seconds That used to feel like instinct Now it feels a little rehearsed Funny what you call survival When you never let it retire I kept people at arm’s length Then blamed distance for the silence Kept one foot outside the room So I could swear I never lost it That’s a neat trick Till nobody asks you to stay Till somebody does And suddenly leaving Takes more courage than escape [Pre-Chorus] I know how to disappear I know how to make it clean But I’m getting tired Of being good At things I never wanted to need [Chorus] I come back around Not because I forgot What it costs to stay Not because the door locked Not because I lost my way I come back around Even knowing Everything here can break Maybe that’s the point Maybe staying Is the bigger risk to take [Post-Chorus] I come back I come back Yeah Don’t make a thing out of it [Verse 2] There are people who know my worst jokes And still hand me something to drink People who stopped asking for the old me Long enough to meet who I became That one got me I don’t say that much I’ve spent years keeping score Like affection was debt with interest Every favor got remembered Every wound kept perfect minutes Turns out Not everything needs balancing Some hands reach out Without asking for collateral Took me way too long to notice Probably longer To believe it [Pre-Chorus] I know how to disappear I know exactly what to pack But there’s something embarrassing About finally having somewhere You actually wanna come back to [Chorus] I come back around Not because I forgot What it costs to stay Not because the door locked Not because I lost my way I come back around Even knowing Everything here can break Maybe that’s the point Maybe staying Is the bigger risk to take [Breakdown] [Drums drop out, distorted guitar swells underneath] I thought loyalty meant Taking the hit Thought love meant Being useful Thought strength meant Nobody noticing When you needed anything Turns out That’s a pretty efficient way To die impressive [Heavy drums return] I’m trying something worse Being known [Bridge] If tomorrow takes a piece of me I won’t call today a mistake If somebody leaves I won’t pretend They never had a place If the whole thing burns At least this time I’ll know what I was running toward Not away from There’s a difference Took me long enough [Final Chorus] I come back around Not because it’s safe Not because I’ve changed my mind I just finally found some people Worth the trouble of goodbye I come back around Even knowing Nothing good comes guaranteed Maybe staying isn’t weakness Maybe leaving Was the easier thing for me I come back around And if it hurts Then let it hurt I’d rather lose something real Than spend another life With nothing left to lose [Outro] [Instrumentation slowly strips away] I still know every exit ... I just don’t check them first anymore
