STAY GONE

Lyrics

[Intro – soft, distant, almost spoken] Yeah… I don’t hate you… I just see it clearer now… [Verse 1 – soft, controlled emotion] I don’t even check my phone the same Used to wait on you, now it feels strange All that space you said you needed, yeah I guess I finally did the same I don’t think about what we could’ve been I don’t run it back in my head again You made it easy when you let me go Even if you didn’t mean to then [Pre-Chorus – build, more emotion] I was holdin’ on to something you let die Tryna read between the lines you never wrote Now I see it clearer every time I look You were never really all that close [Chorus – strong, emotional, melodic peak] Stay gone You don’t gotta say it twice I already made my peace I don’t need to hear goodbye Stay gone I won’t ask you where you’ve been I don’t care who you’re with now I don’t need to know again Stay gone You don’t owe me anything I don’t need no closure now I don’t feel a thing [Verse 2 – slightly stronger, more confident tone] You don’t touch me like you used to do And I don’t miss it like I thought I would Funny how the silence hits different When you finally know it’s done for good I ain’t lookin’ for what we had before I don’t see it how I did before You were everything I thought I wanted Now I don’t want it anymore [Pre-Chorus – emotional lift] You don’t gotta say you’re sorry now You don’t gotta try to turn around You don’t get to fix what you broke down I’m already out [Chorus – bigger, more layered] Stay gone You don’t gotta say it twice I already made my peace I don’t need to hear goodbye Stay gone I won’t ask you where you’ve been I don’t care who you’re with now I don’t need to know again Stay gone You don’t owe me anything I don’t need no closure now I don’t feel a thing [Bridge – stripped, emotional peak] If I ever cross your mind again Just remember how you let it end I was there when it mattered most You were somewhere else instead [Final Chorus – soft → strong finish] Stay gone… You don’t gotta say it twice… I already made my peace… Stay gone… I don’t need no closure now… I don’t feel a thing… [Outro – fading] Yeah… Stay gone…