Don’t Let Go Now

I keep your key on my ring
It bites my thumb when I run
Past the laundromat doors
Past the trucks in the slush
You left your hoodie in my room
Blue sleeve, bleach stain, torn cuff
I still fold it like proof
That I was enough
I talk too fast when I panic
You called that my storm
Now I pace in the hall
In my socks, in the dark
Same old floor, same old crack
Same old ache in my jaw
And I swear I can taste
What you took when you walked

Say it again
Say you meant it (say you meant it)
I can't slow down
When it hits like this
My mouth is a train
And it won't miss the cliff
I'm right at the edge
And I'm yelling your name

Don't let go now
Don't let go now (don't let go)
I'm still here, I'm still loud
I'm still torn up slow
Don't let go now
Don't let go now (don't let go)
If you turn your back
I will burn, I know

You said: I need space
Like a knife with a smile
Then your tires threw rocks
At the curb for a mile
I watched from the stairs
With my hands in my sleeves
Like a kid trying hard
Not to beg you to leave
Now the sink's full of plates
And the phone won't make sound
Just your name on my screen
And the room spinning round
I rehearse every line
Like a fight I can't win
I spit truth at the wall
Then I swallow it in

Say it again
Say you meant it (say you meant it)
I can't slow down
When it hits like this
My mouth is a train
And it won't miss the cliff
I'm right at the edge
And I'm yelling your name

Don't let go now
Don't let go now (don't let go)
I'm still here, I'm still loud
I'm still torn up slow
Don't let go now
Don't let go now (don't let go)
If you turn your back
I will burn, I know

You were the match
I was the paper
I was the flood
You were the breaker
Now I'm a fist
Full of your absence
Now I'm a tooth
On a cracked pendant
Tell me where to put
All this wreckage
Tell me where to go
When my chest gets reckless
I don't want to hate you
I just don't know how
When your ghost sits beside me
And eats from my doubt

Say it
Say you meant it (say you meant it)
Break me
Then mend it (then mend it)
I am the sound
Of the door coming loose
I am the pulse
That still comes for you
Say it
Say you meant it (say you meant it)
I'm not gone
I'm not done with this

Don't let go now
Don't let go now (don't let go)
I'm still here, I'm still loud
I'm still torn up slow
Don't let go now
Don't let go now (don't let go)
If you turn your back
I will burn, I know
Don't let go now
Don't let go now (don't let go)
I'm still here, I'm still loud
I'm still torn up slow