You Don't Get To Leave Me

Turning leaves feels like empty streets in the smallest town west of anywhere I'll ever be
Apple picking strangers and limited capacity for danger where I grew up like a weed
Far enough from the sea but close enough to fear it

I met you some month I don't remember which one
You're stronger than anyone
Like a wall or a house, the only one strong enough to see this out

Summer nights feel like that time you picked me up when I crashed my first car
You were the only one available when I called
You are the only one reliable enough to pick me up when I would fall

And everyone's gone, everyone's found a way out everyone's gone
So you don't get to leave me now

December feels like a month back home in a house too small to call my own
And a long night where we cry and realize we don't deserve the cards we were dealt in life
And when the people we love have a sickness, the only thing we can do is be the glue
And hope they don't crack, but if they do, we always put the pieces back

And everyone's done, everyone's had their chance to break down, but
You don't get to leave me now

It's not fair to ask you to be a pillar when everyone else
Gets to be a boulder
Too much weight on your shoulders
And I've learned to say goodbye too many times its almost easy
The thing is I don't think I need, anyone else
But I'm learning to be selfish

And everyone's gone, everyone's found a way out everyone's gone
But you don't get to leave me now

I don't really need a mom, but I found something in you that made me calm
So when everyone's gone, and everyone's found a way out
I'll do my best to never let you down