Leave Before You Love Me

You call me late

Say you’re outside

you pull up in that shiny blood red moon Camaro

hair messed up

five O'clock shadow on your face, still lookin good

Soft eyes

You laugh too hard

At my worst jokes

You trace my scars

Like you already know

You say you’re cool

Taking this slow

But your heartbeat’s loud

Pressed to my coat

You want all of me

But I don’t trust what love does to me

So I go

Leave before you love me

Yeah

I feel it too

That’s exactly why I'll ruin you an me

So I go

Leave before you love me

You pull up in that hoodie

five O'clock shadow on your face still lookin good

Still lookin unreal

Laughin loud at my worst jokes

Say you like the way I feel

You be talkin bout the future

Like you already moved in

I be noddin in the passenger

Heart locked

Fake grin

You say

"Why you move so fast

Then push me away even faster?"

I say

boy

Just chill

Just laugh

boy,my chest feels like disaster

Every time you get closer

I can taste that old hurt

See his name in your number

Like I’m waitin ta get burned

I could love you

But I leave first

Pull the plug before it gets worse

Every kiss feels like a promise

Every promise feels like a curse

I don’t blame you

I don’t trust me

I get happy

Then I get nervous

Yeah I'll leave before you love me

Last guy had me on the floor

Phone face down

Eyes wide

Turned my "ride or die"

Ta a stranger on the other side

Now every "I got you"

Sounds like a setup in disguise

when you say "I’m not him"

I can’t look you in the eyes

Got a bag by the front door

Just in case it gets too real

Got a joke for every secret

Turn my pain into a shield

I just wanna wear your hoodie

I don't wanna Meet your momma

Eat with your friends

I just wanna hit the gas

Before another story ends

I could love you

But I leave first

Pull the plug before it gets worse

Every kiss feels like a promise

Every promise feels like a curse

I don’t blame you

I don’t trust me

I get happy

Then I get nervous

Yeah

I love you

But I leave first

Disappear before I deserve this

[low vocal register] You say

I won’t break you

I hear

I’ll replace you

You say

I’m not him

I replay him

I hate that I’m this way

But I’m more scared ta stay

So I pack up my feelins

An I throw us away [crescendo]

Last one swore

he was built to stay

Turned my whole world

Into ash and blame

Now every stay

Sounds like a trap

Every goodnight text

Feels like a catch

You touch my face

Say I’m not him

I choke on words

That you ain’t him

I’m scared you’ll see the mess I hide

The cracked-up girl behind my pride behind green eyes

So I pack my bag before the fall

If you never tell me I fell in love with you then you'll never fall

You’re everything

That I keep prayin for

But I’ve learned to leave

First

An hurt later more

[low vocal register] i’m not brave enough ta stay,the last one broke me beyond repair,I don't wanna fall if you let go

the last one let go after sayin I won't let you fall, I can't stay, I don't wanna fall again, boy, I gotta go, leave before I fall in love with you, catch myself before the fall