[Verse 1 — male lead, female light support] (Male) Been up all night again, trying to be something you needed (Male) Thought you were mine at one point, now I don’t even know where I am in it (Female — soft support) somewhere in it… (Male) It’s been sitting in my head all day, everything keeps circling back to you (Female — light tail) back to you… (Male) I see it clear, then fall right back into it --- [Verse 2 — female lead, male support] (Female) Every time I try to trust what you said (Female) Every time I try to leave it behind (Male — soft) let it go… (Female) Nothing we had is coming back (Male — low harmony) it’s gone… (Female) I keep going back, but it never changes --- [Pre-Chorus — shared build] (Male) I keep thinking maybe it’ll turn around I can feel it won’t (Both) But it never does --- [Hook — blended duet, open melody] (Both) I’d rather be on my own now (Female — harmony line) don’t need it like before (Both) Not waiting on anyone anymore (Male — soft tail) anymore… (Both) I’m done trying to make it work (Female — support) let it fall where it falls (Both) Better off just leaving it there Better off staying out of it --- [Verse 3 — conversational duet] (Male) Why does no one ever hear it when it matters (Female) they never do… (Female) When it’s real quiet, nobody answers (Male) I’ve felt that too… (Male) People don’t show up when it counts (Female) they disappear… (Both) If you’re in it, you already know how this feels (Male) I’ve seen enough to know (Female — completes thought) you don’t get it back (Both) Sometimes it’s easier alone (Female — soft) it’s easier… (Female) Honestly it’s better that way --- [Bridge 1 — male lead, female memory layer] (Male) There was a point I believed it (Female) I remember that… (Male) Thought we could fix what was broke (Female) we couldn’t… (Male) Stayed longer than I should’ve (Female) you did… (Male) Watched it fall without saying it --- [Bridge 2 — female lead, male grounding] (Female) Now it’s quiet in a different way (Male) not the same… (Female) Not as lonely as it was (Male) not as heavy… (Female) It’s not good but it’s honest (Male) it’s real… (Female) And at least it doesn’t pull me under I’d rather be on my own now I’d rather be on my own now (Female — harmony) standing on my own (Both) Not waiting on anyone anymore (Both) I’m done trying to make it work (Female — support) it’s done now (Both) Better off just leaving it there Better off staying out of it (Both) I’d rather be on my own now Even if it feels like nothing (Both) At least I know where I stand --- [Outro — quiet resolution] (Male) I stopped looking for something back (Female) it’s not there… (Female) Stopped hoping it’d change (Male) it won’t… (Both) Some things don’t turn around They just end (Male) And you learn (Female) to live with it (Both — soft fade) live with it…
