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Balance and Composure – Why Do You Leave Us? (2013) | Track profile | Dork

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Balance and Composure
Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation
Why Do You Leave Us?

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Balance and Composure

Why Do You Leave Us?

Release date: 8th October 2013

From Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation

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About This Track

"Why Do You Leave Us?" is a track by Balance and Composure, from the album Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation, released 8th October 2013. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Balance and Composure.

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Balance and Composure

Balance and Composure

Lyrics

Why Do You Leave Us?

I know that I've been fleeting away

Call afraid even when I know that you won’t come down on me

I see that you’re hiding when I needed you to fight it

Isn't this the mess that you made?

So, where are you Jesus? Are you somewhere in the season?

And I know you didn't mean it but you strayed

And all that I ever needed was the innocence and the freedom

Not the lack of simple reason you praise

You can’t call me a fake, but you know everything

Someday we'll talk about it, oh you don’t hear what I say

Contemplate the time it takes to hear me out

Am I on your mind, or did you take the time to drown me out?

I’m coming to you as the calm before the storm

Even when I know that you won’t shake me off

I’m forming a habit and I swear I fucking had it

And it’s holding me it's hostage, a slave

Why do you leave us? Why are you always retreating?

And I know you must be feeling ashamed

Bleed out fall to the ground embrace me

You can’t call me a fake, but you know everything

Someday we'll talk about it, oh. you don't hear what I say

Contemplate the time it takes to hear me out

Am I on your mind, or did you take the time to drown me out?

When you say what you mean

When you show us all your insides

When you’re caught up in a dream

I will show you what it feels like

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Track details

From Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation

2013

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Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation

Release year

2013

—Nobody Can Change
—Cicuta
—The More You Get, The Less You Are
—Why Do You Leave Us?
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Returning five years after calling it a day, Pennsylvania band Balance and Composure reflect on their newfound energy, growth, and latest album, 'with you in spirit'.

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Producer: Will Yip