FOR GOOD

## **GONE, BUT NOT FOR GOOD** **[Intro — 0:00]** *(Low, restrained delivery)* Yeah... You know how this goes. I leave. You leave the light on. **[Pre-Chorus — 0:26]** Don’t ask me for a promise I can’t keep, You chase me only when I’m far to reach. I only say forever when I’m scared you’ll leave, We keep calling it love when withdrawal gets real. **[Chorus — 0:42]** I’m gone, but not for good—you know me better now, I block your number, then call when it gets quiet. We call it over, but never mean forever, You make me hate you, then miss you in the silence. I’m gone, but not for good—leave the hall light on, I leave your key, then come back with the night gone. We take the picture down, but leave the nail up, I swear I’m done with you, just never for good. **[Verse 1 — 1:02]** Packed half my clothes, left the rest in your dresser, You watched in silence, like you knew I’d be back. I said, “Don’t call,” with my phone still in my hand, I circled your block, hoping you’d change the plan. You know which little phrases make my jaw lock, I know which old mistake makes your whole voice stop. We turn one missed call to three whole days of hell, Then kiss in the hall like we handled it well. Your lipstick’s on the cup you left by the sink, I rinse it out, then still miss how it looked. You leave your perfume in the sleeves of my hoodie, Every clean break still smells like you to me. I hate how you read when I fake indifference, You hate when I’m calm, ’cause I might really finish. I slam the front door, but I don’t take the key, I’m only leaving so you’ll come after me. **[Pre-Chorus — 1:58]** Don’t ask me for a promise I can’t keep, You chase me only when I’m far to reach. I only say forever when I’m scared you’ll leave, We keep calling it love when withdrawal gets real. **[Chorus — 2:10]** I’m gone, but not for good—you know me better now, I block your number, then call when it gets quiet. We call it over, but never mean forever, You make me hate you, then miss you in the silence. I’m gone, but not for good—leave the hall light on, I leave your key, then come back with the night gone. We take the picture down, but leave the nail up, I swear I’m done with you, just never for good. **[Verse 2 — 2:24]** Two weeks, no contact—I slept with somebody, She held me too soft; it felt like a warning. She asked why I freeze when my screen starts to glow, I lied and said, “Work,” but we both fucking know. At three-seventeen, you send, “Hope you’re okay,” I type, “Who is this?” then erase it and wait. You post that you’re happy; I know it’s for me, I watch from a burner, then wipe the whole thing. You say I’m a sickness you still choose to feed, I blame you ’cause I don’t know how to leave. We don’t miss each other; we miss being needed, You need me to vanish so you can feel cheated. I need you to hate me, then ask where I’ve been, You need me half-gone so you’ll let me back in. So when I say, “Goodbye,” don’t start mourning us yet, I’m gone, but not for good—you ain’t done with me yet. **[Bridge — 3:18]** *(Drums thin out; vocals get colder)* Keep my side of the bed like a threat, Keep the chain that I left on your neck. Tell your friends that you finally cut me off, Then unlock the door when my headlights stop. **[Final Chorus — 3:32]** I’m gone, but not for good—you know me better now, I block your number, then call when it gets quiet. We call it over, but never mean forever, You make me hate you, then miss you in the silence. I’m gone, but not for good—leave the hall light on, I leave your key, then come back with the night gone. We take the picture down, but leave the nail up, I swear I’m done with you, just never for good. **[Outro — 3:54]** *(Let “good” stretch beneath the fading synths)* Never for good... You know I never mean it. I’m gone... Leave the light on.