HOW DO I RUN FROM YOU?

[Intro — whispered vocals, solo piano]

How do I run from you...

When every breath still feels like you?

[Verse 1 — soft, intimate vocals]

Your scent still clings to all my clothes,
It follows me wherever I go.
My pillow keeps the dreams we knew,
Even my silence sounds like you.

I catch your words upon my tongue,
As if my voice were yours all along.
And every stranger's eyes I meet
Bring your reflection back to me.

[Pre-Chorus — gentle piano build, cello enters]

I take one step, then lose my way,
Your memory pulls me back to stay.
When the whole world turns cold and blue,
I still reach for you.

[Chorus — emotional lift, piano and warm strings]

How do I run from you,
When you're the one I run to?
You break my heart, I call your name,
I swear I'm done, then do it again.

How do I leave? How do I stay?
Why does my heart keep choosing this pain?
You're the wound I can't undo...
How do I run from you?

[Verse 2 — restrained vocals, intimate piano]

How can I cry against your chest
When your words are what hurt me most?
How can I call you in the night
After we leave in the middle of a fight?

I hold the words I long to say,
Then swallow every one away.
Who could I tell what I've been through,
When every hurt leads back to you?

[Pre-Chorus 2 — cello and violins slowly rising]

I swear this time I'm letting go,
I reach the door, then move too slow.
I close it softly, count the days,
Still hope you'll come and call my name.

[Chorus — fuller arrangement, stronger vocals]

How do I run from you,
When you're the one I run to?
You break my heart, I call your name,
I swear I'm done, then do it again.

How do I leave? How do I stay?
Why does my heart keep choosing this pain?
You're the wound I can't undo...
How do I run from you?

[Bridge — solo piano, trembling and vulnerable]

Who do I turn to when you hurt me?
Who holds me when your words undo me?
Who hears the tears I hide from you,
When you're the one I want them to?

Could there be two of you somehow?
One to break me, one to hold me now?
But every version still is you,
And I don't know which one I'll turn to.

[Build — rising strings, gradual emotional crescendo]

I want you even when I don't,
I need you though I swear I won't.
I walk away, then turn around,
Your voice is still the only sound.

[Final Chorus — powerful, heartbreaking climax]

How do I run from you,
When you're the one I run to?
You break my heart, I call your name,
I'd leave a thousand times the same.

How do I leave? How do I stay?
Why does my heart refuse to change?
You're the wound I can't undo...
And still, I run right back to you!

How do I run...
How do I run from you?

[Outro — fading piano, fragile whispered vocals]

Even when I walk away,
I wait for you to ask me to stay.

I'm still waiting...
Still waiting...

For you.