Before You Go - Aliza
Before you go
You're folding shirts on my side of the bed
Laughing it off like it's not the end
You say it's better if we call it a day
I'm nodding, but my hands won't stay
You place your toothbrush back in its case
Like it never belonged in my space
You ask if I'm okay, I just smile and say
I just need a little while
Before you go
Can you lie and say you'll miss me?
Say you'll dream about the way we used to be
Before you walk out that door like I'm a stranger
Can you hold me like you're scared to let me go?
Before you go
Before you go
There's one last photo stuck under the glass
Us on the stairs trying not to laugh
You trace my face with the side of your thumb
Say,"We were kids, we were just young"
Your phone keeps buzzing, you turn it around
Screen to the table, face to the ground
Guess I should get going is all that you say
And all of my words slip away
Before you go
Can you lie and say you'll miss me?
Say you'll dream about the way we used to be
Before you walk out that door like I'm a stranger
Can you hold me like you're scared to let me go?
Before you go
Before you go
If this is the last time
Let it hurt, let it burn in my bones
Yeah
Don't make it gentle, don't make it kind
I need to feel what it means to be alone
If I never see your face again
Let this be the way it ends
Before you go
Can you lie and say you'll miss me?
Say you'll dream about the way we used to be
Before you walk out that door like I'm a stranger
Can you hold me like you're scared to let me go?
Before you go
You turn the handle, you don't look back
I whisper,"Come home to the silent hall"
Your shadow's gone
But it stays on the wall
And I'm still standing where you left it all
