I Wish You’d Just Say Why

[Verse 1]
You packed up your sunday sweaters
Left your coffee mug on my sink
One loose thread on your old blue sweater
Still hangs where you used to think

I replay the last two evenings
Every word
Every look
Every sigh
There was calm in your folded breathing
Then you kissed my cheek goodbye

[Chorus]
I wish you’d just say why
Did I break something and miss it?
Was it one small word
One night?
You walked out like it was nothing
While I’m stuck here asking the sky
If I did something wrong
Or you just needed to fly
I want answers
But all I really want is you (come back)

[Verse 2]
Your side of the bed stays empty
But I still sleep on the edge
As if you’ll come back at midnight
And slide your feet under my legs

I talk out loud in the kitchen
Like you’re just in the other room
Ask how your day at work went
Hear the echo answer for you

[Chorus]
I wish you’d just say why
Did I break something and miss it?
Was it one small word
One night?
You walked out like it was nothing
While I’m stuck here asking the sky
If I did something wrong
Or you just needed to fly
I want answers
But all I really want is you (yeah, you)

[Bridge]
If you hated my tired excuses
You never said it out loud
If I failed you in all the small uses
Why’d you still bring me around?

You owed me a storm
Not silence
You owed me a tear
Not a lie
I keep holding this hurt like a promise
You keep holding on to goodbye

[Chorus]
I wish you’d just say why
Did I break something and miss it?
Was it one small word
One night?
You walked out like it was nothing
And I’m still here asking the sky
If I did something wrong
Or you just needed to hide
I want answers
But all I really want is you
Yeah
All I really want is you (come home)