DON’T LET ME GO

I left the keys beneath your door

Like I was never coming back

Took every photograph we had

And shoved them in a paper bag

Every street still knows your name

Every corner throws me back

There are places I can't walk through

Without feeling what we lacked

I wish I'd learned when I was younger

That a heart can bruise without a sound

I spent so long trying not to feel

I forgot what feeling was about

I keep filling up the silence

Just to drown out what I know

So if you see me losing myself

Please don't let me go

Don't let me go

Please don't let me go

I'm winding myself up till I can't feel low

Every memory comes back like a radio

If I slow down, I know the hurt will show

So don't let me go

You said, “There's nothing weak in needing

Someone when the night gets cold”

I said I didn't need rescuing

But you could see right through the show

You watched me build another wall

Then wondered why I disappeared

I thought that keeping you at distance

Was the same as keeping you near

You said, “Come home, you don't have to fix it

You don't have to carry this alone”

And for the first time in a long time

I didn't know where else to go

Don't let me go

Please don't let me go

I'm winding myself up till I can't feel low

Every memory comes back like a radio

If I slow down, I know the hurt will show

So don't let me go

And I've been talking to strangers

About everything I never said

Making jokes about the damage

While it's screaming in my head

I tell everyone I’m getting better

I tell everyone I'm moving on

But I'm standing outside your window

Wondering where I went wrong

Slow down

Just slow down

I've spent my whole life running

From the place I needed most

Don't let me go

Please don't let me go

I'm winding myself up till I can't feel low

Every memory comes back like a radio

If I slow down, I know the hurt will show

Don't let me go

Please don't let me go

Maybe I don't have to face this on my own

Maybe all this running never took me home

If I stop, maybe I can finally know

Don't let me go