[spoken, soft] I’m giving you a warning. Please. Take it.
Verse 1
Don’t look at me like that Like you can fix what you don’t understand I’ve watched enough good people try And leave with blood on their hands I know you think your love is strong enough I thought that once, about myself But darkness doesn’t care how much you give It just takes, takes everything else
Pre-Chorus
I’m not asking you to pity me I’m not asking you to stay I’m asking you to listen When I say
Chorus
Run away Before you learn the cost of loving someone broken Keep Running Before my silence starts to sound like something Just Run please I swear this isn’t hate It’s the last kind thing I know how to do Run away, Run away I’m begging you
Verse 2
You think this is a test You think I want you to fight for me I do God, I do But I know what happens next Every light I’ve touched has slowly dimmed Every hand that held mine has let go Not because they were weak Because I am a weight And I know
Pre-Chorus 2
I’m not asking for forgiveness For the damage I don’t mean I’m asking you to trust me I’ve already seen
Chorus 2
Run away Before you learn the cost of loving someone broken Keep Running Before my silence starts to sound like something Just Run please I swear this isn’t hate It’s the last kind thing I know how to do Run away, Run away I’m begging you
Bridge
There’s a version of this story Where you stay Where somehow love is enough Where I wake up one morning And the dark has gone quiet I dream that version Every night But when I wake I’m still here And so is everything that’s wrong with me So please
Chorus 3
Run away Before I show you what I’m really made of Please keep running Before the weight of me becomes your weight Run away, don’t look back Not because I want you gone But because I love you more Than I love the thought of being saved
Final Chorus
Stay Away I feel it coming please Run away Save your Tears The change is starting and I can’t stop it Keep going, just keep running I wish it was different, I wish you could stay But I can’t bear the thought of hurting you I can’t bear the thought of ruining you So please.. I beg you to understand
[spoken, single piano notes, barely audible] This is the kindest thing I’ve done. Run. As far. As you Can. Run. Run. Run. Run. Run. Run.