Go Away

Lyrics

[SPOKEN WORD - MALE ONLY] “Go Away…” “Go Away…” “G-G-Go Away” [INTRO – 8 BARS, SIDECHAIN PAD, FILTERED VOX] mm… mh… mm… (breathe) mm… mh… mm… (breathe) [VERSE 1 – 16 BARS] Keep it quiet, I’m leaving slow, Keys in my hand, coat on, let go. Why raise your voice? why shake the walls? Why block the doorway, stall my calls? Is it fear of silence? fear of alone? Needing control of what you don’t own? [PRE-CHORUS – 8 BARS, QUESTIONED WHISPERS] mm.-mm-mm, mh… WHY THE STORM? mh.-mm-mm, mm… WHY THE DOOR? mm.-mm-mm, mh… WHY THE HOLD? mh.-mm-mm, mm… WHAT FOR? [CHORUS – 16 BARS, HOOK ON THE PHRASE - LOVE WAS WON] What have you done? (done) what have you done? Turned a calm goodbye into a run. What have you done? (done) what have you done? Won’t let this exit be a gentle one. [SOAR HOOK ON PHRASE - WHERE THE LOVE WAS WON] What have you done? (done) what have you done? Echoes in the hall “WHERE THE LOVE WAS WON.” What have you done? (done) what have you done? I’m leaving—let the leaving be done. [DROP – 16 BARS, STABS + DEEP HUM BASS] mm-mm, mh, mm-mm, mh (what have you done) mm-mm, mh, mm-mm, mh (what have you done) [VERSE 2 – 12 BARS] Questions stack in my mind: Why slam the door? why draw the lines? Is it power? panic? needing a stage? Is it old hurt waking up as rage? You grip the script like it makes you right— But I’m stepping out into softer light. [BUILD – 8 BARS, RISE + CLAPS] What have you done? (done) LET ME LEAVE CALM… WHAT HAVE YOU— [HOLD] LET ME LEAVE CALM… [POST-CHORUS – 8 BARS, THE FLIP] You say “idiot”—I say [SPOKEN]“go away”[/SPOKEN]. Go away, go away, go—go, go away. You say “idiot”—I say [SPOKEN]“go away”[/SPOKEN]. Go away, go away—go. [INSTRUMENTAL – 8 BARS, VOCAL CHOPS] da-da, da-da, da—WHAT HAVE YOU DONE da-da, da-da, da—GO AWAY [BREAKDOWN – 8 BARS, WHISPERED AD-LIBS] Why lock the latch? why guard the night? Why fear the quiet that follows the fight? What have you done? (done) what have you done? Let me leave calm—no need to run. [BRIDGE – 8 BARS, CALL & RESPONSE] Maybe it’s power (MAYBE IT’S FEAR), Maybe it’s panic (KEEP ME HERE?). Maybe you’re lonely (I DISAPPEAR), But love without exit isn’t love, my dear. [CHORUS – FINAL - FLOOR FILLING- 16 - 20 BARS, SOAR HOOK ON THE ON SECOND PART] What have you done? (done) what have you done? Turned a calm goodbye into a run. What have you done? (done) what have you done? Won’t let this exit be a gentle one. [KEY CHANGE - SOAR HOOK ON PHRASE - WHERE THE LOVE WAS WON] What have you done? (done) what have you done? Echoes in the hall “WHERE THE LOVE WAS WON.” What have you done? (done) what have you done? I’m leaving—let the leaving be done. [OUTRO – 16 BARS, BASS + HATS FADE] mm… mh… mm… (what have you done) mm… mh… mm… (go away) What have you done? what have you done? [FADE] [SPOKEN, SAD] “Go away”… “go”… “go away”… [FADE]