LEAVING SOON, I SWEAR (DancewiththeoldMii)

[Instrumental Intro — 0:00–0:25] [Pickup — 0:25] Bags by tha door… Yeah, I’m leaving soon, I swear… [Chorus — 0:27–0:40 | Melodic, restrained] I keep sayin’, “I’m leaving soon, I swear” Bags by tha door, but I still wake up here Ten on tha watch just to watch time disappear Whole wrist lit, but it don’t make shit clear One more night, one more lie, one more prayer One more flight that I book, then disappear When tha sun hits tha blinds, I won’t be there I keep sayin’, “I’m leaving soon, I swear” [Verse 1 — 0:40–1:07 | Calm flex, pain underneath] Booked me a flight, canceled twice at tha gate She read every lie from tha look on my face Driver kept tha car running out by tha place I sent him home empty at quarter to eight Closet full of black, got a bag for each move New loft downtown, but I sleep in her room Told tha gang, “I’m gone by tha end of June” Then July came around, still smelling perfume Paid cash for a coupe with tha stars in tha roof But it stays in tha drive like I got none to prove Every mile outta town turns me back to tha truth I can leave her address, not tha damage we do New chain on my neck, house key in my fist Every promise I break puts a stone on my wrist She said, “Leave, then,” I froze with my hand on tha zip Got enough for a new life, not enough to commit [Chorus — 1:07–1:20] I keep sayin’, “I’m leaving soon, I swear” Bags by tha door, but I still wake up here Ten on tha watch just to watch time disappear Whole wrist lit, but it don’t make shit clear One more night, one more lie, one more prayer One more flight that I book, then disappear When tha sun hits tha blinds, I won’t be there I keep sayin’, “I’m leaving soon, I swear” [Instrumental Break — 1:20–1:27] [Verse 2 — 1:27–1:53 | Slightly more urgent] Hit tha state line at dawn with my life in a bag All her texts on tha screen, all tha rain on tha glass Took a pic by tha sign with a hundred in cash Looked rich in tha frame, felt sick when it flashed Top-floor suite, but I sleep on one edge Bottle by tha sink, left tha seal on tha neck She called me a coward; that stayed in my head I left every room, but I brought what she said Diamonds on my collar throw stars on tha wall Paid cash for tha silence; it ain’t quiet at all Every skyline gets small when her memory calls I keep leaving these rooms, but I carry it all New address, new number, same weight in my frame Put my name on tha lease; it don’t feel like my place She text, “You gone for good?” I just stared at her name Three states from tha door, still can’t give her a date [Final Chorus — 1:53–2:13 | Stronger projection, same register] I keep sayin’, “I’m leaving soon, I swear” Bags by tha door, but I still wake up here Ten on tha watch just to watch time disappear Whole wrist lit, but it don’t make shit clear One more night, one more lie, one more prayer One more flight that I book, then disappear When tha sun hits tha blinds, I won’t be there I keep sayin’, “I’m leaving soon, I swear” [Outro — 2:13–End | Melodic comedown] Finally left, but tha hurt came too New city outside, same hell in tha room I said I was leaving—and that part was true I just never said what I was running into