Slake Dransky - If I Leave

{voicemail intro}
{unknown voice}
I really hope i didn’t wake you up, at all
I hope you have the sweetest of dreams
Don’t feel obligated to call me back anytime soon, man
Uh, it’s just, been a while

{chorus}
If i leave you now
Would you say i got lost along the way
Would you know what you meant to me
Even though i couldn’t stay
If i leave you now
Would you love what i have left
Or would you love the ones who knew me
‘cause they knew me at my best
If i leave you

{verse 1}
I’m staring at the cards on the off days
If god talks it’s flip sides and wrong ways
I got caught in a quickly filling basin
Told myself when i’m face down maybe thеn i’ll know patience
I nevеr lived to not croak, that’s dangerous
I lived for knotted stomachs and hearing ‘bout how your day went
Lived for hottest summers with no phones
Sneaking out with your folks home
And silently speaking the same language, but-

Would you wonder if i ran away?
Ran away


{chorus}
If i leave you now
Would you say i got lost along the way
Would you know what you meant to me
Even though i couldn’t stay
If i leave you now
Would you love what i have left
Or would you love the ones who knew me
‘cause they knew me at my best
If i leave you

{verse 2}
I had a dream that i was only music
I met my death they heads just kept on bopping to it
Sales soaring
Everyone got they pockets boosted
In times of trouble the vultures call themselves opportunists
Damn
Fiery message melts to shy ember
I get to heavens gates they ask if i’m a prime member
Like fuck that shit!
You know what i did?
You know what i gave?
They say “you performed”
It jolts me awake
Wait

Was that the gist of it?
Performative censorship?
Pick preferred lenses and sulk if you don’t connect with this?
Slake, pick the phone up
Call you mother and listen
Tell your father you miss him
Best acknowledge the distance, look-

I don’t really wanna-

{chorus}
If i leave you now
Would you say i got lost along the way
Would you know what you meant to me
Even though i couldn’t stay
If i leave you now
Would you love what i have left
Or would you love the ones who knew me
‘cause they knew me at my best
If i leave you