Why'd You Have to Go

Intro

*(soft whistle, rising and falling like a distant sigh, lonely and pure)*

Verse

Rain taps the window, cold as your goodbye

Empty coffee cup, stains from last night's cry

Your jacket on the chair, still smells like you

But the door's wide open, nothing left to do

Pre-chorus

I reach for the phone, but who do I call?

The silence screams louder than it all

Chorus

Oh, why'd you have to go? (go, go)

Leave me here breaking, slow

Tears on my pillow, night after night

Wishing for one more fight

Oh, why'd you have to go? (go, go)

I'm lost in the afterglow

*(whistle swells, high and aching, holding the pain)*

Verse

Photos in a drawer, smiles we can't fake

Your laugh in my head, it's too much to take

Streetlights flicker, like our faded spark

Walking these halls alone in the dark

Pre-chorus

I whisper your name, but you're not around

Just echoes of us, tumbling down

Chorus

Oh, why'd you have to go? (go, go)

Leave me here breaking, slow

Tears on my pillow, night after night

Wishing for one more fight

Oh, why'd you have to go? (go, go)

I'm lost in the afterglow

*(whistle swells, high and aching, holding the pain)*

Bridge

Maybe someday I'll breathe without you

Find a way to mend what's torn in two

But tonight I'm drowning, can't let go

In this quiet storm, you're all I know

Chorus

Oh, why'd you have to go? (go, go)

Leave me here breaking, slow

Tears on my pillow, night after night (night, night)

Wishing for one more fight

Oh, why'd you have to go? (go, go)

I'm lost in the afterglow

Break

*(whistle solo, long and weeping, fading into strings, building ache then dissolving)*

Outro

*(whistle fades, soft and broken, like a final breath...)*

Why'd you have to go? (go...)