I Let You Go

Intro

oh-oh, oh-oh

yeah (yeah)

Verse

You left your mug on my kitchen counter

Half-full of coffee and the shape of your fingers

I kept that stupid note you shoved into my jacket

Said I’d call you back — you never did, you liar

I learned how to breathe through the silence

I learned the click of the lock without my name

You took the map, left the crumbs of promises

I grew a new map out of the ache and the blame

Pre-chorus

I replayed every fight like a broken record (like a record)

Tried to fix the parts you kept tearing apart

But glue can’t mend what you ripped from the center

And I’m tired of pretending I don’t feel the scar

Chorus

So I let you go, let you go, let you go (let you go)

I put your number down and shut the door

I let you go, let you go, let you go (let you go)

I don’t keep ghosts where my life needs more

I let you go, let you go, let you go

No more running back for what’s already gone

I let you go, let you go, let you go

I’m learning how to sleep when the dawn comes on

Verse

Your playlist still haunts like a half-remembered tune

I skip the songs, I change the station (change it)

I found a plant on the windowsill, it’s stubborn as my new plans

It drinks the light and doesn’t need explanation

You said forever like it was a brand new language

I spoke it back until the words turned thin

Now I speak in softer verbs — I am, I will

I am starting sentences that don’t end with him

Pre-chorus

I stopped checking doors for your footsteps (stopped checking)

Stopped rehearsing lines for the apology you’d never say

There’s a quiet that isn’t hunger, it’s something like peace

And it teaches me how to say my name again

Chorus

So I let you go, let you go, let you go (let you go)

I put your number down and shut the door

I let you go, let you go, let you go (let you go)

I don’t keep ghosts where my life needs more

I let you go, let you go, let you go

No more running back for what’s already gone

I let you go, let you go, let you go

I’m learning how to sleep when the dawn comes on

Bridge

Na-na-na, I’m counting quiet wins (na-na)

One thin smile, one empty drawer

Clothes come down like seasons, I fold them into letters

Burn the first page, keep the rest for nothing more

Oh-oh, oh-oh (oh-oh)

Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)

I’m not bitter — I’m building (I’m building)

Stone by stubborn stone, I’m filling up the rooms

Chorus

So I let you go, let you go, let you go (let you go)

I put your number down and shut the door

I let you go, let you go, let you go (let you go)

I don’t keep ghosts where my life needs more

I let you go, let you go, let you go

No more running back for what’s already gone

I let you go, let you go, let you go

I’m learning how to sleep when the dawn comes on