# DON'T CALL ME BACK [Intro — lonely guitar, distant vocal] Yeah... You said leave you alone. Okay. You got it. [Hook] Don't call me back, back, back When the silence hits like that, that, that You told me leave, so I packed my heart Don't come looking when it gets too dark Don't call my phone, phone, phone You said you're better off alone, alone, alone You left me here, so disappear If you're walking away Don't ever come back here [Post-Hook] Don't call me back Don't call me back You wanted space Now you got all of that Don't call me back Don't call me back You broke what we had Now live with that [Verse 1] Funny how it changed so fast Used to hate when I wouldn't answer back Now you're asking me to leave you alone Like every night we had don't matter at all I could fight, I could beg Say everything I never said But what would that change? You already chose Love ain't love if I'm holding someone Who's begging me to let go So fine I'll take my name out your mouth Take my things from your house Take the long way around Every place we knew in this town I'll learn how to sleep Without checking my screen I'll learn not to wonder Who you're gonna be without me [Pre-Chorus] Don't come back when you miss it Don't come back when he's different Don't come back 'cause you're lonely You don't get to un-know me You made your decision God knows I listened So if this is goodbye— [Hook] Don't call me back, back, back When the silence hits like that, that, that You told me leave, so I packed my heart Don't come looking when it gets too dark Don't call my phone, phone, phone You said you're better off alone, alone, alone You left me here, so disappear If you're walking away Don't ever come back here [Turn — half-time] I learned your silence like another language Now silence is the only thing you gave me We burned down the house Got nostalgic for the flames Now you're telling me Don't even say your name You used to call when it hurt Used to call when love went wrong Used to swear I was the one Now you don't want me to call at all That's fine But remember what you asked for 'Cause this time when I close that door I ain't leaving it cracked anymore [Verse 2] I know tomorrow I'm probably gonna hate these words 'Cause right now I'm bleeding And everything feels worse than it should hurt I still know your number Still know the sound of your car Still know exactly how you'd hold me When the whole world got too hard That's why I gotta mean this Even if it kills me to I can't keep being the place You run away from Then run back to You don't get my shoulder When somebody makes you cry You don't get my voice At three in the morning Asking if you're alright You don't get the version of me That loved you through your worst You asked me to leave you alone So I'm finally putting me first And don't mistake me leaving For me not loving you This is me loving you enough To do what you told me to [Pre-Chorus] Don't come back when you miss it Don't come back when he's different Don't come back when you're lonely You don't get to un-know me You made your decision God knows I listened So if this is goodbye— [Bridge — drums drop] And this hurts more than it should Maybe 'cause I really thought we could Maybe 'cause every time you said forever Some stupid part of me believed you would Stay But you didn't And I can't hate you for leaving If leaving's what you need But don't ask me to watch you walk away Then save your place beside me Don't tell me it's over Then reach for me when you're weak Don't destroy the only home we had Then come home when you can't sleep Don't call when the new one hurts you Don't call when the nights get long Don't call because the version of me Who always answered you is gone You don't get to lose me twice Once by leaving, once by coming back That's the price of goodbye You wanted me gone. I'm gone. [Beat Drop] So don't— [Final Hook] Don't call me back, back, back When you finally want us back, back, back You told me leave, so I left that door You don't get to open it anymore Don't call my phone, phone, phone When you realize you're really alone, alone, alone You left me here Now I'm making it clear If you're walking away Then walk And don't turn back here [Final Post-Hook] Don't call me back Don't call me back You wanted goodbye I'm giving you that Don't call me back Don't call me back I loved you too hard To keep living like that Even if I still want you I can't take you back You left me here So live with that [Outro — guitar only] Go on and walk away Don't turn around Don't check if I'm still standing here Watching you leave I probably am But you don't need to know that And if one day you finally understand What it cost me to let go of your hand Keep it. I don't need the apology then. I needed you when I was still yours. You asked me to leave you alone. Fine. You got it. Don't ever call me back again.
