Before You Go

Lewis Capaldi

I fell by the wayside like everyone else

I hate you, I hate you, I hate you

But I was just kidding myself

Our every moment, I start to replace

’Cause now that they’re gone

All I hear were the words that I needed to say

When you hurt under the surface

Like troubled water running cold

Well, time can heal but this won’t

So, before you go

Was there something I could’ve said to make your heart beat better?

If only I’d have known you had a storm to weather

So, before you go

Was there something I could’ve said to make it all stop hurting?

It kills me how your mind could make you feel so worthless

So, before you go

Was never the right time whenever you called

Went little by little by little until there was nothing at all

Our every moment, I start to replay

But all I can think about is seeing that look on your face

When you hurt under the surface

Like troubled water running cold

Well, time can heal but this won’t

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So, before you go

Was there something I could’ve said to make it all stop hurting?

It kills me how your mind could make you feel so worthless

So, before you go

Would we be better off by now

If I’d have let my walls come down

Maybe I guess we’ll never know

You know

You know

Before you go

Was there something I could’ve said to make your heart beat better?

If only I’d have known you had a storm to weather

So, before you go

Was there something I could’ve said to make it all stop hurting?

It kills me how your mind could make you feel so worthless

So, before you go

Background

Following the huge success of Lewis Capaldi’s singles “Someone You Loved” and “Grace,” this song is infused with a rich, emotional sound that resides in all his work. There’s a sense of guilt about what was not said and not done, a sense of something being incomplete in the lyrics.