[Verse 1] I know I made the room feel colder than it was Kept my pride between us, called it keeping trust You reached for my hand, I was reaching for the door Too busy counting every wound to see what you were for I said words that landed harder than I meant You cried in the kitchen while I stared at the rent Now your side of the bed keeps holding its shape And every little silence sounds like my mistake [Pre-Chorus] If we still have a minute, let me tell the truth I was scared of being hurt, so I kept hurting you [Chorus] Don’t let me go, even when I make it hard I know I put a lock around the softest part Don’t let me go, I’m trying to come back home If you’re still reaching for me, I don’t wanna be alone [Verse 2] You had your own defenses, I can see them now Turned a question into blame, made you explain somehow You apologized first when you were breaking too Then I made the whole disaster something you had to prove We both kept receipts, every date and every scar Used them like a courtroom when we should have talked in the car There’s a photograph beside the chipped blue frame Two people still in love, pretending nothing changed [Pre-Chorus] If you still have a minute, let me hear you too I don’t need to win this, I just need the truth [Chorus] Don’t let me go, even when I make it hard I know I put a lock around the softest part Don’t let me go, I’m trying to come back home If you’re still reaching for me, I don’t wanna be alone [Bridge] Maybe love is not the promise that we never lose control Maybe it’s the honest conversation when the damage starts to show I can’t erase the nights we wasted, can’t unbreak the things we said But I can meet you in the middle, put my armor down instead [Verse 3] So tell me what you needed when I turned away Tell me where I missed you, I’ll listen this time, stay I’ll stop making every weakness something I defend And if you show me where it hurts, I won’t reach for the end We’re not the same two people from the first hello But I still know your coffee order, still know when you’re low If there’s a little mercy left beneath the pride I’ll spend the rest of this night standing by your side [Final Chorus] Don’t let me go, even when the room goes dark I know we both have matches, I know we both leave marks Don’t let me go, I’m finally coming close If you’re still reaching for me, I’ll give you what I owe Don’t let me go, I don’t want another start I want to mend the places where we pulled each other apart Don’t let me go, say we’re not too far gone I’ll choose you in the quiet, I’ll choose you when it’s hard [Outro] I’m sorry for the distance I’m sorry for the blame If you’re still here beside me I won’t run away
