[Intro - spoken softly over electric piano] Just your presence alone makes me nervous. [Verse 1] I can’t even look in your eyes no more, ‘cause I don’t want you to know that I love you, especially when you love someone else. I don’t wanna be disrespectful to what you have now, ’cause I would never want someone taking you from me. [Pre-Chorus] I’m sure you probably love her, I’m sure you still love me, but you just tell yourself you hate me. Deep down inside, I feel you still do. [Chorus] Why did I leave you, girl? I fucking love you, and I’m so sorry. I was just immature, didn’t know how to communicate, I let my traumas define me. Why did I leave you, girl? I never stopped loving you. [Verse 2] You know that I dream of you, we’re constantly getting back together. I see you standing there looking at me, mad as hell, ‘cause I know I’m the one who left you. I thought that’s what you really wanted, and by the time you changed your mind, I was already out the door. [Pre-Chorus] I caught you in the middle of the night, on that dating app, finding your ex, my heart was broken, so I left you far behind. [Chorus] Why did I leave you, girl? I fucking love you, and I’m so sorry. I was just immature, didn’t know how to communicate, I let my traumas define me. Why did I leave you, girl? I never stopped loving you. [Bridge - drums drop out, electric piano and voice] I’d never wanna break up a family, I just wanted you to see me, but you would only control me, and that’s not how I wanna be seen. I wanna be someone equal, going on a hike with me, in the ocean, enjoying our family. That’s why I only want it with you, ‘cause I don’t want anybody to claim my child except for her other mother. [Final Chorus - full harmonies, falsetto ad-libs] Why did I leave you, girl? I fucking love you, and I’m so sorry. Now I finally speak up, I don’t let anything walk over me, not even a corporation, I’m a different person now. Why did I leave you, girl? I never stopped loving you. [Outro - spoken softly, harmonies fade] I’m a different person now. But I never stopped loving you.
