Before It Ends
By Ilya Chervony · American Chanson
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We kept the light on way too late,
Neither one would leave.
You stood there with your hand on the door,
With nothing left to say.
No promise could undo tonight,
No lie could make amends.
So stay with me a little while
Before it ends.
Before it ends, come close to me,
Before we turn and go.
Before your name becomes a name
I used to know.
Don't tell me what tomorrow brings,
Don't tell me where or when.
Just stay with me a little while
Before it ends.
Your suitcase waited by the wall,
Your coat lay on the chair.
You looked around one final time,
Like you were never there.
I could have asked you not to go,
We both knew how that ends.
So I reached out and touched your hand
Before it ends.
Before it ends, come close to me,
Before we turn and go.
Before your name becomes a name
I used to know.
Don't tell me what tomorrow brings,
Don't tell me where or when.
Just stay with me a little while
Before it ends.
Funny...
We spent so much time
trying to make it last.
Now all I want
is one more minute
before it doesn't.
Before it ends, come close to me,
There's nothing left to prove.
No need to call it anything,
No need to call it love.
Let morning come, let morning win,
We don't have to pretend.
Just stay until the last goodbye—
Before it ends.