Won't Break Their Sunday

Song

Won't Break Their Sunday

Elizabeth Branch

female vocals, soft emotional delivery, melancholic indie r&b, atmospheric piano, intimate ballad, soulful adlibs

Lyrics

Intro

Mmm, ah—yeah

Soft light, slow breath (uh-huh)

Come, come to me (come, come)

Verse

You smiled like Sunday morning, candle in your hand

Slow-stepped through my silence, put your name where mine oughta land

You said forever like it was ours to steal (ooh)

But you kept a ribbon tucked inside a different wheel (mmh)

I learned your laugh by memory, learned your favorite song

Now I'm humming through the pieces, wondering where I belong

Oh-oh, oh—(oh)

I fell anyway (I fell), I fell anyway (I fell)

Chorus

I can't let go, I can't let go (can't let go) — no, no

My heart's a thief, my heart's a thief (oh-oh) — it owes

He's got a ring, a ring I never touched (uh-huh)

There's a home with light that I don't wanna crush (don't wanna crush)

Forgive me, forgive me (forgive me, yeah) — but I won't break their Sunday

I won't break their Sunday (I won't, I won't) — na-na, nah

Verse

Late texts on my pillow, your voice is satin smoke

You call me "stay a minute" like you haven't made a joke

You say you want the moonlight, then you fold it in your palm (fold it in your palm)

There's a photograph of another hand where my name should be written in calm

Guilt sits in my doorway, takes off its shoes and sings (uh-huh)

I tried to be the right kind of wrong, the quiet in-between

Heh—(heh) I pace the in-between (the in-between)

I want to leave, I want to leave (want to leave), but I'm stuck on "please"

Verse

So I dance on the edge of what is honest and what is warm

I taste forgiveness like it's sugar, but it burns when it forms (it burns)

You pull me close, say "don't," and "stay" in the same breath (stay, don't)

And I'm learning how to live inside the echo of your left

Oh, my hands know the map of you (map of you), my mind keeps making maps (making maps)

But there's a child in a window, a laugh behind a glass (a laugh)

I can't steal that sunrise (no), I won't steal that dawn (I won't)

But loving you feels like holding on to someone else's song (oh-oh)

Outro

Mm—so I whisper "go" and I whisper "stay" (go, stay)

I'm split like a record, spinning both ways (both ways)

Forgive me if my love keeps a secret and a scar (uh-huh)

I love you — I love you — but I don't wanna break a heart (no, no)

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