Yamate Kudasai

Intro

ah-ah, ah — (ooh)

na-na, na-na, na

Verse

You trace a circle on the window, thumbprint rain

I count the excuses like the trains that never came (uh-huh)

Your laugh in the hallway turns to paper thin

You say "it's nothing" but the edges always win

Pre-chorus

I'm tired of reading between the pauses, yeah (yeah)

I'm tired of fixing words that fall apart (fall apart)

If honesty is heavy, then put it down (put it down)

If love is loud then speak it out — don't hide the sound

Chorus

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (やめてください)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (please stop, please stop)

Don't wear the silence like a coat tonight (don't, don't)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (ah-uh, ah)

Verse

You fold the dinner plates like folded maps of us

There’s coffee on your lips and fingerprints of dust

I’ve been rehearsing forgiveness for a role that’s gone

Stop timing out our words like songs that end too soon

Pre-chorus

I won't be the echo of a lighter flame (no)

I won't memorize the parts you never say (never say)

If you're afraid to fall, I'll stand the ground (stand the ground)

If you're afraid to shout, then say it loud — say it now

Chorus

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (yame, yame)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (please stop, please stop)

Don't pull the curtain when the truth arrives (don't, don't)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (ooh, ooh)

Bridge

Stop the small goodbyes that climb in your throat (stop)

Stop the half-apologies that choke the hope (stop)

Say my name like you need it, like you mean it (like you mean it)

Break the pattern, break the pause — release it, release it

(ya-ya-ya, ya-ya)

Chorus

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (やめてください)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (please stop, please stop)

Take off the armor, put your hands in mine (put 'em in mine)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (ah — ah)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (yame, yame, yame)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (please stop, please stop)

Stay where the words are honest, stay where we can try (stay)

Yamate kudasai, yamate kudasai (na-na, na)

Outro

(ooh) ah — (yame)