I Don't Want You Anymore cover art

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[Intro]
Soft light on the table
Two cups, gone cold
Your keys by the doorframe
My heart, letting go

[Verse 1]
You walk in like a question
Looking for a fight, not a friend
Same script, different evening
Same promise you’ll break in the end
I been shrinking just to hold you
Folding up my truth to keep the peace
Now the silence in this hallway
Feels louder than your screams

[Pre-Chorus]
I replay what you say
Like a film that’s out of frame
Every “sorry” sounds the same
And I’m tired
I’m so tired

[Chorus]
I don’t want you anymore
Not the way you are, not the way this hurts
I can’t carry all your storms
While I drown in every single word
I gave you all my open doors
You turned every one into a war
So I don’t want you
I don’t want you anymore
(oh, not anymore)

[Verse 2]
You touch me like a habit
Reaching in the dark when you’re afraid
Only love me when it’s easy
Then you disappear in the day
I been learning how to listen
To the little voice I tried to hide
Saying, “Baby, you’re worth saving
Even if it means goodbye”

[Pre-Chorus]
You say, “We can fix this”
But you never change the frame
Been erasing parts of me
Just to sign your name
I’m done now
I’m done now (yeah)

[Chorus]
I don’t want you anymore
Not the way you lie, not the weight you bring
I can’t bleed to pay your debts
While you dance around everything
I kept praying you’d restore
What you took from me, what you tore
But I don’t want you
I don’t want you anymore
(no, not anymore)

[Bridge]
[Call-and-response harmonies, soft organ rising]
Who was I
Before I made you my religion? (before you)
Before I bowed
To every rash decision? (to your storms)
If loving you
Means losing all my vision (losing me)
Then loving me
Means making this incision

[Chorus]
I don’t want you anymore
I want quiet nights, I want honest eyes
I can’t trade my soul again
Just to keep your chaos in disguise
I’m still tender at the core
But I’m closing what you opened sore
So I don’t want you
I don’t want you anymore
(I’m letting go, I’m letting go)

[Outro]
Lay your shadow by the doorway
Take your memories, take your blame
I’ll keep the lessons and the sunlight
You can keep your broken name
I don’t want you anymore
(softly) I don’t want you anymore
[Fade on layered hums and ad-libs]