06 - You Don’t Get to Call This Love

[Intro - Spoken, cold] That's a beautiful picture of my sister. She cried on the way home that day. You didn't put that in your tribute. [Verse 1 - Restrained, bitter] You called her back to try a smaller size She learned to smile and call it compromise You said that she was family from the start Then sent her home to pick herself apart [Pre-Chorus - Tension rising] Now you say she lit up every room Underneath a photograph I remember how she'd call me And how long since she'd last laughed [Chorus - Powerful, furious] You don't get to call this love Just because you praise her now Put her face in every window Tell the world how proud you are I was there when she came home Too ashamed to say she'd cried You don't get to call this love When you leave that part outside [Post-Chorus - Cutting, insistent] I was there when she came home You don't get to call this love [Verse 2 - Dark, accusing] Her picture flickers underneath your name The caption says you'll never be the same I read it twice, then put away my phone I know who called when she felt most alone [Pre-Chorus - Anger rising] Every no became a reason She should change another thing By the time you called her perfect She could barely take it in [Chorus - Powerful, furious] You don't get to call this love Just because you praise her now Put her face in every window Tell the world how proud you are I was there when she came home Too ashamed to say she'd cried You don't get to call this love When you leave that part outside [Post-Chorus - Cutting, insistent] I was there when she came home You don't get to call this love [Bridge - Piano, exposed] I don't know every room she walked through I don't know everything she hid But I know what she thought she had to look like And how afraid she was she never would [Build - Raw, unwavering] She was more than what you saw on camera More than someone waiting for your call I won't let the way you tell her story Make it sound like no one saw her fall [Breakdown - Half-Time, furious] Keep the flowers Take the post down Let her family say her name Keep your logo Off her picture She is not your next campaign Keep the flowers Take the post down You don't need her face for this If you want to say she mattered Tell the truth about what you missed [Final Chorus - Full, unflinching] You don't get to call this love Just because you praise her now Put her face in every window Tell the world how proud you are I was there when she came home And I wish she'd stayed that night You don't get to call this love Just to make the story right [Final Post-Chorus - Exhausted, resolute] I was there when she came home You don't get to call this love No, you don't get to call this love [Outro - Spoken, grieving] I took a picture of her later that night. No makeup. I made her laugh. That's the one we're keeping.