Make it stop

Lyrics

[INTRO] Yeah. Hands off my heart… release… Let me let go… let me let go… Why won’t it stop?… (stop…) Mmm… mh… (mmm…) [SPOKEN] “What did I do wrong, man? I know we were angry. I’d never hurt you. I swear on the ones we love. If I could explain it, I would… you got it wrong.” [INSTRUMENTAL 8 BARS] [VERSE 1] At first—dinners, late trains, laughing all the time. (Feels like fate… feels like fate…) Then came jealousy—still laughs, but jokes that stain. (Not that deep… you’re too deep…) You said I was your calm in the noise; love took over—then you shook the room to see if I’d break. Pinned my words like trophies, played them back till I lost my shape. [INSTRUMENTAL 2] [PRE] Block / unblock—repeat receipts. Apologies typed; backspace heat. “Stay, don’t go,” while tightening the rope. I’m counting breaths, not hope. [INSTRUMENTAL 3 - 8 CHORDAL] [DROP] I need to let go Need to let go Why won’t it stop? Why won’t it stop? Hands off my soul—off— Let go, let go Why won’t it stop? Why won’t it—stop— [HOOK] Let—go—(eh-eh) / Make—it—stop—(ah-ah) Let—go—(eh-eh) / Make—it—stop—(ah-ah) [INST 4 INSTRUMENTAL 8 BARS. BREAD] [VERSE 2] Three a.m.—buzz, buzz—phone, mind… won’t sleep. (Please pick up… please pick up…) Public halo; private horns—too deep. (Not that bad… you’re too much…) Friends asked, “Are you okay?” I said, “I don’t know now.” “You see? They never liked me.” I shrank to fit your weather— storm in a room you called love. [INSTRUMENTAL - 8 SECTIONS. - BUILD] [BREAK] Let me out… let me out… Tongue untie… mind unwind… Make it stop… make it stop… I’m done being a mirror for your doubt. [SPOKEN] “You called it devotion. I call it control.” [INSTRUMENTAL - 8 BARS] [BUILD] Count it in—four bars—hold… Hands release—don’t fold… Say it clear—no code… Let it go—let it go— [INSTRUMENTAL 4 CHORUS LAYERED VOICES] [DROP 2] I need to let go Need to let go Why won’t it stop? Why won’t it stop? You spin the knife—nice— Let go, let go Why won’t it stop? Why won’t it—stop— [IMSTRUMENTAL - 4 BARS] [BRIDGE] Last word, last look, last breath of me— shaved down to nothing, shaped by your fear. I’m not your man, not your proof, not your prize. Name it: harm. Release it: now. I’m walking out alive. [MID-8] Let—me—let—go. Why—won’t—it—stop? [INSTRUMENTAL 8 BARS] [FINAL DROP] I need to let go (let go) Need to let go (let go) Why won’t it stop? (make it stop) Why won’t it stop? (make it stop) Hands in the air—off— Let go, let go Why won’t it stop? Why won’t it—stop— [INSTRUMENTAL 12 BARS] [OUTRO] Let go… (go… go…) Make it stop… (stop… stop…) I’m out… you fade… Let go… make it stop… Mmm… mh… (fade)