If I Leave

Mitski

If I leave

Somebody else will love you

But nobody else could forgive me

Quite as often as you

 

No one on this street knows

No one in this mall knows

No one in this bar knows

 

And none of my friends know

Surely none of my colleagues

Nor do my family

 

If I leave

Somebody else will find you

But nobody else could see me

Quite as clearly as you

 

Only you know

I’ve let only you know

 

How I ride through a tunnel and it’s dark the whole way

I ride through a tunnel it’s been dark the whole way

I ride through a tunnel it’s still dark the whole way

 

I couldn’t lose you

How could I lose you

I couldn’t lose you

 

For if I lost it

Somebody else will cheer you

But who else could love me

Quite as kindly as you?

 

Who could love me

Quite as kindly as you?