[Intro] Instrumental / vocal chops [Verse 1] I slipped in like a midnight spark, A username lit in the dark, Just one line once a year, No weight, no pull, no fear. Now my shadow fills your day, Now I’m there in every space, Every word I want to say Only complicates your way. [Pre-Chorus] My heart says stay, Be the hands that heal, My mind says no, Love knows when to be still. If I want the best for you, I know what I have to do. [Chorus] So I stay back a step and hide, Let your world breathe without my tide, Let your mornings wash my name away, Let your peace come back and stay. If I pull away, don’t call it cold, I’m just trying not to break your gold, It’s up to me to save you from me, That may be the truest care I can be. [Post-Chorus / Drop] Save you from me, Save you from me, If I love you right, I step outside. Save you from me, Set your heart free, Sometimes the best love Doesn’t stay to be seen. [Verse 2] You don’t need another weight, Another mood you have to translate, Another storm behind my eyes, Another hurt dressed up too nice. You had your rhythm, had your pace, A life that moved in its own way, No checking messages all day, No extra heart to carry, stay. [Pre-Chorus] My heart says run, Go and hold on tight, My mind says leave, Give her sky and light. If I’m the noise inside your calm, Then distance is the softer arm. [Chorus] So I stay back a step and hide, Let your world breathe without my tide, Let your evenings lose my weight again, Let your days untangle from this strain. If I disappear, don’t call it fear, I’m just bringing your horizon near, It’s up to me to save you from me, That may be the kindest love I’ll ever be. [Bridge] Back before the face, before the fire, Back when I was just a strange desire, Just a crazy name, just passing through, Not a thought you had to hold on to. I can be that distant line again, Ghost of ink, not a pull, not pain, One small note in another year, Nothing to carry, nothing to fear. [Build] And my heart will fight, Fight the fading light, But love is not Just staying in sight. Sometimes love means Knowing when to go, Sometimes care means Loving from a distance more. [Final Chorus] So I stay back a step and hide, Let your world turn free and wide, Let your smile belong to you alone, Not to the weight that I brought home. If I really want to care the right way, I won’t turn your gold to grey, It’s up to me to save you from me, And give you back the air to breathe. [Outro] Stay back, step and hide, Step back, let it slide, Sometimes the best love, Sometimes the best love, Stays back a step and hides.