HOW DO I RUN FROM YOU?

[Intro — whispered, solo piano]
How do I run from you...
When every breath still feels like you?

[Verse 1 — soft, intimate]
Your scent still clings to all my clothes,
You're in every room my shadow knows.
My pillow keeps the dreams we knew,
Even my silence sounds like you.

I say your words without a thought,
I've learned the things you never taught.
And when I look into someone's eyes,
I see your shadow looking through mine.

[Pre-Chorus — gentle build, cello enters]
Every road I take to leave
Leads me back to what I need.
You're the ache beneath my skin,
The place I run when nights close in.

When the world turns cold and blue,
All I want is you.

[Chorus — emotional lift, piano and warm strings]
How do I run from you,
When you're the place I run to?
You break my heart, I call your name,
I walk away, come back the same.

How do I leave? How do I stay?
How do I love you this way?
You're the hurt I can't undo...
So how do I run from you?

[Verse 2 — piano returns, restrained vocals]
How can I cry here in your arms
When you're the one who left these scars?
How can I call you in the night
After we leave each other mid-fight?

I want to say I'm scared to stay,
Of all the words you never say.
But who can I turn to when I'm blue,
When every road leads back to you?

[Pre-Chorus 2 — cello and strings rising]
I swear this time I'm letting go,
I turn away, then move too slow.
I close the door, I count the days,
Still hope you'll find your way to me.

[Chorus — fuller arrangement, stronger vocals]
How do I run from you,
When you're the place I run to?
You break my heart, I call your name,
I walk away, come back the same.

How do I leave? How do I stay?
How do I love you this way?
You're the hurt I can't undo...
So how do I run from you?

[Bridge — piano alone, trembling voice]
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 only one I want them to?

Could there be two of you somehow?
One to break me, one to hold me now?
'Cause one of you could never do,
And all the world can't replace you.

[Build — rising strings, drums gradually enter]
I want you even when I don't,
I need you even when I won't.
I walk away, but something pulls me through...
Every road leads back to you!

[Final Chorus — full emotional climax]
How do I run from you,
When you're the place 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 can't my heart just turn away?
You're the hurt I can't undo...
And still, I run right back to you!

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

[Outro — piano fades, fragile whisper]
Even when I walk away,
I wait for you to ask me to stay.

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

For you.