Please Come Back

Lyrics: Kevin Kathrail Owney Music: Kevin Kathrail Owney (Intro, low, close to the mic) yeah… it’s late walls know your name better than i do now

(Verse 1) your hoodie on my chair, it’s still warm, it’s still yours, phone lit with silence, like a church with closed doors. i trace the day we fell — fingerprints on the dashboard, times we laughed at nothing, how we promised one more. i replay the last words, every syllable a bruise, i thought i had the world but i traded it for news. city lights outshine the nights that felt like home, crowds echo empty — your voice was my echo’s tone. i been practicing apologies like breath before a note, but rehearsed ain’t the same as meanin’ what you wrote.

(Pre-Chorus, soft rap) i learned the quiet corners where my pride used to hide, counted all the reasons why i let you slide. no more late-night excuses, no more half-truth please, i’m tryna build a new map from the wreckage of our needs.

(Chorus, melodic, pleading) i love you — and i’m nothing without you, will you come back to me, please? every song, every street — it’s you i’m callin’ out to, will you come back to me, please? i love you — and i’m nothing without you, i’m on my knees, baby, will you come back to me, please?

(Verse 2, tighter cadence) remember saturday mornings, pancake batter on the floor? i traded that for spotlights, left my vanity at the door. i took your patience for granted, let your quiet be ignored, now i’m learning how to hold what i used to hoard. i signed up for therapy, learned how to hear the cracks, got my lessons on the dresser where the past is stack-to-stack. no more pick-up lines that vanish with the night, i’m showin’ up with quiet hands and promises in sight. i’ll fix the little things — laundry, coffee, time, i’ll rewrite our small rituals back into every line.

(Bridge, spoken, intimate) i ain’t askin’ for forever on the first knocked-down door, just a seat at your kitchen table, a chance to be yours more. i’ll trade my loudest moments for the way you laugh at two, i’ll put down the applause if it means i get to be true. if trust is fragile, then i’ll handle it like glass, slow with every step — let the shards turn into glass.

(Chorus, bigger, layered) i love you — and i’m nothing without you, will you come back to me, please? all my nights whisper your name like a secret fuse, will you come back to me, please? i love you — and i’m nothing without you, i’m on my knees, baby, will you come back to me, please?

(Verse 3, soft, vulnerable) i kept the Polaroid from that rainy june, your hair in a towel, you hummin’ some tune. i folded it inside a book where promises live, pulled it out at midnight, counted all i’d give. if forgiveness is a bridge, i’ll walk it slow and plain, bring flowers on Tuesdays, learn every word of your name. no grand gestures meant to steal air from the room, just small steady actions so our love can bloom.

(Final Chorus, breathy, sincere) i love you — and I’m nothing without you, will you come back to me, please? I’ll trade my restless heart for the quiet of your truth, will you come back to me, please? I love you — and I’m nothing without you, I’m on my knees, baby, will you come back to me, please?

(Outro, whisper, loop) please… come back I’m nothing without you please… come back to me i love you. i need you. please.