# DON'T COME LOVING ME NOW [Intro — exposed piano only, intimate room ambience, no drums, exhausted close-mic vocal] You wanted me gone... So I learned how to go. I just didn't think you'd come looking for me after I finally did. [Verse 1 — piano and voice only, restrained, conversational, long pauses] I remember standing in your doorway Trying to find one reason you might stay You couldn't even look me in the eyes When you told me love had changed I would've taken half your heart If half was all you had to give I would've waited in the dark For any reason to believe in this But you were already leaving Before you closed the door And I was still there reaching For someone who wasn't mine anymore You said you needed distance Said I had to let you breathe So I gave you what you asked for Even though it buried me [Pre-Chorus — soft cello enters, melody begins to rise] And I won't lie Some nights I still reach across the bed Before I remember You're not there And maybe there's a part of me That always would've cared But caring now Just isn't fair [Chorus — strings enter gently, soaring but restrained melody, vocal cracks allowed] Don't come loving me now Not after teaching me how To wake up alone To make this a home Without you around Don't say you need me now I needed you then somehow I would've given you everything You don't get everything now You taught me how to live without you Please don't make me learn twice [Post-Chorus — piano and distant harmony, almost whispered] Not now... Please not now... I wanted this then Don't give it to me now [Verse 2 — piano, cello and faint ambient strings, intimate vocal] I had to learn your silence Like another language in the dark Had to stop checking my phone Every time I felt my heart Had to drive past all our places Without wondering where you were Had to hear somebody say your name And pretend it didn't hurt I had to live through mornings When getting up felt wrong Had to learn that missing someone Doesn't mean that you belong And God, I hated every second I hated letting go But somewhere in the wreckage I became someone I know Now I can sleep without you Even if I still dream I can make it through the evening Without staring at my screen I'm not saying I'm over you I don't know if that's even true I'm saying you don't get to break me Then come back when I finally heal from you [Pre-Chorus — harmony enters softly, emotional tension increasing] I would've given everything then Every broken piece I had But you don't get the old me Just because you want him back You don't get to miss me Only now that I'm letting go You were the one who taught me How to live here on my own [Chorus — fuller strings, soft organic drums enter, wider harmonies] Don't come loving me now Not after teaching me how To wake up alone To make this a home Without you around Don't say you need me now I needed you then somehow I would've given you everything You don't get everything now You taught me how to live without you Please don't make me learn twice [Bridge — all drums disappear, exposed piano and vocal, fragile, voice close to breaking] Where was this love When I couldn't sleep? Where were these words When I couldn't eat? Where was your heart When mine hit the floor? Where was this version of you When I was begging for more? I don't want revenge I don't need you hurting too That's what makes this harder I still want good things for you And that's why I'm asking Don't make me hate goodbye Don't make me open that wound Just to watch you leave me twice Because if you held me now I don't know what I would do And that's the part I'm too afraid to tell you [Pause — complete silence] I might still love you. That's why you can't come back. [Final Chorus — full cinematic strings, piano, restrained drums, wide harmonies, vocal finally loses composure] Don't come loving me now Not after teaching me how To carry the nights To turn off the lights Without you around Don't tell me you know me now Don't tell me you've figured us out I spent too many nights Begging God you'd turn around You taught me how to live without you You taught me how to sleep alone You taught me how to stop believing Every ringing phone was you coming home So don't come loving me now Don't come missing me now I would've died for these words back then But I survived without them somehow [Final Refrain — instrumentation begins falling away, piano remains] Don't come loving me now Not when I'm learning how Not when the worst is behind me Not when I'm finally finding me I wanted you then God, I wanted you then But I can't lose myself Trying to love you again [Outro — piano only, exhausted intimate vocal, long spaces, final line almost spoken] Maybe in another life You would've stayed Maybe I would've known The right thing to say Maybe we would've found a way But you asked me to let you go So I did It just took longer than you thought it would
