DON'T CHOOSE ME

DON'T CHOOSE ME [Intro - Short Heavy Guitar Riff] [No Spoken Intro] [Verse 1 - Low, Intimate, Fully Sung] I begged for someone To stay beside me I dreamed of hands That wouldn't let go Now you're standing Right here before me And all I feel Is sick to my bones You look at me Like I'm worth saving You touch my face Like nothing is wrong I hate the way You make me feel wanted I hate myself For wanting it all [Pre-Chorus 1 - Trembling, Rising Tension] I wanted this I begged for this I cried for this For years and years So why does every Tender word you give me Feel like a knife Beneath my skin? [Chorus 1 - Powerful Melodic Singing] DON'T CHOOSE ME! DON'T LOOK AT ME! DON'T MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I DESERVE TO BE LOVED! DON'T HOLD ME! DON'T PROMISE ME! I'LL ONLY TEAR YOUR BEAUTIFUL HEART APART! I WANT YOU HERE! I WANT YOU GONE! I HATE THE WAY I NEED YOU THIS MUCH! DON'T LOVE ME! DON'T LOVE ME! DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING LIKE ME! [Verse 2 - Fully Sung, Increasingly Unstable] I learned to sleep With nobody breathing Beside the empty Half of my bed Now every silence Feels like rejection And every kindness Turns into dread I read your words Until they mean nothing I twist them round Until they turn cruel I make you suffer For loving me gently Then beg for comfort From the one I bruised [Pre-Chorus 2 - Cracking Voice] Tell me you love me I'll call you a liar Tell me you're leaving I'll call you a monster I pull you closer I push you harder And every time I make you bleed I need you more [Chorus 2 - Raw Melodic Shouting] DON'T CHOOSE ME!! DON'T LOOK AT ME!! DON'T MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I DESERVE TO BE LOVED!! DON'T HOLD ME!! DON'T PROMISE ME!! I'LL ONLY TEAR YOUR BEAUTIFUL HEART APART!! I WANT YOU HERE!! I WANT YOU GONE!! I HATE THE WAY I NEED YOU THIS MUCH!! DON'T LOVE ME!! DON'T LOVE ME!! DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING LIKE ME!! [Bridge - Close-Mic Spoken Voice] Go away. Don't. Don't touch me. ...Why did you stop? I told you to leave. I didn't mean it. I never mean it. And I always do. [Bridge Build - Singing Resumes, Voice Breaking] I watch your face When something inside you dies I know that look I put it in your eyes And still I reach For the hands I pushed away I hate you for staying I hate you for leaving I hate that I need you To suffer with me [Final Chorus - Full Emotional Breakdown] DON'T CHOOSE ME!! DON'T LOOK AT ME!! DON'T MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I DESERVE TO BE LOVED!! DON'T HOLD ME!! DON'T PROMISE ME!! I'LL ONLY TEAR YOUR BEAUTIFUL HEART APART!! I WANT YOU HERE!! I WANT YOU GONE!! I HATE THE WAY I NEED YOU THIS MUCH!! DON'T LOVE ME!! DON'T LOVE ME!! DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING LIKE ME!! [Final Cry - Voice Breaking] I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE!! I TOLD YOU TO GO!! SO WHY THE HELL ARE YOU LETTING ME GO?! ...PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!! [Outro - Fragile, Nearly Whispered Singing] Don't come back I mean it ...I don't Please Don't go [End]