(Verse 1)

You started leavin’ long before you were gone,

You’re too busy leavin’ to see me hangin’ on.

So I say that I love you, but I already know,

Even love’s not enough ‘cause you’re lettin’ me go.

(Verse 2)

The space in our bed’s got its own kind of cold,

I talk to your memory, ask what it knows.

But the silence won’t answer, it just fills the night,

Like the darkness drowning out my light.

(Chorus)

‘Cause I can’t make you stay and I can’t move on,

Can’t build a home on a love that’s gone.

You took your heart and made a mess of me,

Now I’m pickin’ up pieces where you used to be,

Oh I can't let go but I'm barely hangin’ on —.
(Verse 3)

Your coat’s still hangin’ where you used to stand,

Like a ghost from the past reachin’ for my hand.

The house still remembers the sound of your laugh,

Now it’s just echoes and photographs.

(Pre-Chorus)

Every dream I have still wears your face,

Feels like my forever is stuck in place.

And I keep pretendin’ I’m doin’ fine,

But my heart’s still waitin’ where you left mine.

(Chorus)

‘Cause I can’t make you stay and I can’t move on,

Can’t build a home on a love that’s gone. You took your heart and made a mess of me,

Now I’m pickin’ up pieces where you used to be,

Oh I can't let go but I'm barely hangin’ on —.


(Bridge)

Guess love don’t fade, it just gets quiet,

Burns in the dark ‘til you learn to hide it.

I’ll pour one more for what used to be,

Then raise my glass to the ashes of you and me.

(Final Chorus)

‘Cause I can’t make you stay and I can’t move on,

Can’t build a home on a love that’s gone.

You took your heart and the best of me,

Now I’m pickin’ up pieces where you used to be,

It must have been a long time coming
Because you're already gone
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(Fade Out)

You’re too busy leavin’ to see me hangin’ on.