INTRO (whispered, distant) (reverb-heavy) Don’t look back… If we go, we go for good. Hee… VERSE 1 2 a.m., you holding my sleeve (don’t let go) Saying you scared of the life you need (I know) You say love always turn to pain (always) So you pack your heart just in case you escape (hee…) I read your face like a warning sign (mm) You want forever but not tonight (why?) You kiss me slow like it’s the end (so slow) Like you already know how this gon’ bend (shamon…) (background whispers) — don’t run… — stay here… HOOK (DRAGGED / FLOATING) run awaaaaay (away… away…) to a place where we can’t go (can’t go… no…) run awaaaaay (away… away…) to a place where we can call our oooown (our own…) (hold last note, harmonies swell) — awaaay… — don’t look back… VERSE 2 You say my name like it’s a sin (my name) Like loving me mean you gon’ lose again (lose again) You got one foot stuck in your past (so stuck) One foot running from something real that could last (hee…) I ain’t your savior, I’m just a man (just a man) Bleeding out here trying to understand (why?) Why you pull me close when you scared to fall (mm) Then disappear when I give you my all (shamon…) (low harmonies) — why you scared of me? — I won’t break you… HOOK (FULLER, MORE PAIN) run awaaaaay (away… away…) to a place where we can’t go (so far…) run awaaaaay (away… away…) to a place where we can call our oooown (our own…) (call & response) Lead: run away… BG: — don’t run… BRIDGE (TOXIC CONFESSION – HALF TIME) (beat drops, heart-beat bass) If I’m the risk, then I’ll be that (be that) You say love’s a war, I’ll bleed for that (hee…) You keep saying “soon” like soon don’t lie (don’t lie) Like we not dying a little every time you try (oh…) (falsetto stack) Take my hand, don’t overthink (mm) We already drowning, don’t be scared to sink (sink…) If we crash, let it be us (us) I don’t wanna be safe, I wanna be yours (shamon…) — run with me… — don’t leave me… VERSE 3 (FULL SING – TOXIC / OBSESSIVE) I let you hurt me just to stay close (I do) Call it love, but it feel like a ghost (so cold) You only honest when you about to leave (why?) That’s when you swear that you still believe (believe…) If running’s all that you know (I see) Then let me be the place you hide your soul (here) I’ll take the blame, I’ll take the fall (fall) Just don’t look back and forget me at all (hee…) FINAL HOOK (MAX DRAG / CHOIR / BELT) run awaaaaaaaay (awaaaaay…) to a place where we can’t go (so far… so far…) run awaaaaaaaay (don’t look back…) to a place where we can call our oooooown (our own…) (ad-lib storm) — away… away… — just us… just us… — hee… OUTRO (FADE / WHISPER) If we don’t run now… we’ll never leave. Aw— away…
