Too Late to Stay

“Too Late to Stay” (Singability Pass) Verse 1 They send me back with scraped-up hands Say it’s over now, say understand My sisters laugh, my father sleeps A life I earned but couldn’t keep The house is warm, the walls are bare No roses blooming anywhere I trace your name I never dared It’s louder now you’re gone instead ⸻ Pre-Chorus They tell me curses aren’t my concern That fae and humans never learn But I remember every look Every truth I never took ⸻ Chorus I was wrong, I see it now Love was there—I didn’t know how If silence is the price you pay Then I won’t live the safer way I won’t pretend I didn’t see I’m going back—this is on me ⸻ Verse 2 They called you monster, claw and fang But you never let me be afraid You let me starve before you lied Let me choose you every time If there’s a curse I helped to seal Then I’ll be the one to break the wheel I won’t send prayers, I won’t send tears I’ll walk to where you disappeared ⸻ Pre-Chorus I don’t know trials, I don’t know chains I only know I can’t stay sane Living safe while you’re still bound Not when I finally understand ⸻ Chorus I was wrong, I waited too long Said nothing when it mattered most If love is learned too late to save you Then let it damn me anyway I won’t be brave, I won’t be smart I’ll go with truth and break my heart ⸻ Bridge I didn’t say it I didn’t know But I know now And I can’t let go ⸻ Final Chorus (Quieter, Resolved) If I die there, so be it then At least I won’t stay ignorant If this is where the line must be I cross it now I choose to see ⸻ Outro I’m walking back into the dark Not to be saved To finish what I started