Before You Go

[Verse 1]
You trace my name
In the fog on the window glass
Laugh
Say "it’s nothing"
But you’re holding on too fast

Your coat at the door
Like you’re halfway out the frame
You steal one more minute
Pretending it’s the same

[Pre-Chorus]
If this is our last slow morning
Tell me every secret that I missed
All the almosts
All the warnings
Pour them in one final kiss (mm)

[Chorus]
Before you go
Say you’ll remember me in color
Not in ghosts
Hold me like the ground is letting go
Breathe me in and out
Then take it slow
Before you go
Leave every little piece of you inside my bones
Promise when you’re walking home alone
You’ll hear my voice between the echoes
Before you go

[Verse 2]
Coffee gone cold
But your hand is still warm in mine
You joke about leaving
Like it’s only for a night

You look at the time
But your eyes keep falling back
Like there’s still some version
Where we never lost our track (oh)

[Pre-Chorus]
If this is our last soft landing
Let me be the place you learn to fall
Say it like your heart’s expanding
Even as you’re answering the call (answering the call)

[Chorus]
Before you go
Say you’ll remember me in color
Not in ghosts
Hold me like the ground is letting go
Breathe me in and out
Then take it slow
Before you go
Leave every little piece of you inside my bones
Promise when you’re walking home alone
You’ll hear my voice between the echoes
Before you go

[Bridge]
[beat pulls back
Distant vocal chops]
If you turn away
Don’t turn to stone
Carry my laugh like a ringing phone
Let every street feel a bit like home
‘Cause you knew me
You still know (you still know)

[Chorus]
Before you go
Say you’ll remember me in color
Not in ghosts
Hold me like the ground is letting go
Breathe me in and out
Then take it slow
Before you go
Leave every little piece of you inside my bones
Promise when you’re walking home alone
You’ll hear my voice between the echoes
Before you go (before you go)