HOW DO I RUN FROM YOU?

[Intro — whispered vocals, solo piano, intimate and fragile]

How do I run from you...
When every breath still feels like you?

[Verse 1 — soft, breathy, almost whispered]

Your scent still lingers on my clothes,
You're in the room, wherever I go.
My pillow holds the dreams we knew,
Even my silence sounds like you.

I speak your words without a thought,
I wear the ways you never taught.
And when I look into someone's eyes,
I see your shadow in mine.

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

Every road I take to leave,
Brings me back to what I need.
You're the wound beneath my skin,
You're the place I run to when
The world gets cold, the lights go blue...
And all I want is you.

[Chorus — emotional lift, warm strings, memorable melody]

How do I run from you,
When you're the place I run to?
You break my heart, I call your name,
I leave you, then come back again.

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 — intimate vocals, piano returns, restrained emotion]

How can I cry here in your arms,
When it's your words that left these scars?
How can I call you in the night,
After I leave you in a fight?

I want to tell you I'm afraid,
Of all the tears your silence made.
But who can I complain to,
When every hurt leads back to you?

[Pre-Chorus — cello and violins slowly rising]

I swear this time I'm letting go,
I turn away, but move so slow.
I close the door, I count the days,
Still hope you'll come and find your way.

[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 leave you, then come back again.

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 — drums drop out, piano alone, voice trembling]

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?

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

[Build — rising strings, drums gradually return, vocals grow powerful]

I want you even when I don't,
I need you even when I won't.
I walk away, but can't break through...
Every road leads back to you!

[Final Chorus — powerful emotional climax, full piano and strings]

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 does my heart refuse to change?
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 — instruments fade, 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.