If Only
Nick West Lyrics

If you just stayed, I would’ve made a life in you
If you had chosen to remain in the relationship, I would have built a future with you

Hurts like a blade you don’t feel the way I do
The pain I feel is as sharp as a blade, but you seem unaffected by our emotional disconnect

You just made it harder, to mend my heart
Your departure has made it more challenging for me to heal and recover emotionally

I bleed, I bleed
I am emotionally wounded and suffering

We want to say the truth but choke up when we go to speak
Although we desire to express our true feelings, we find it difficult and struggle with articulating them

You just hid yourself on the highest shelf
You deliberately concealed your true self, making it difficult for me to understand you

Out of reach, no I can’t reach
You have intentionally placed yourself beyond my reach, preventing any meaningful connection

Would you be in my arms lying on the couch?
If things had turned out differently, would we now be enjoying intimate moments together?

Or would you cause me harm and feel me with doubt?
If you had stayed, would you have ended up hurting me and filling me with uncertainty?

As the days go by, I wish I knew why
With every passing day, I long to understand the reasons behind your departure

You’re gone, you’re gone
You have left, and there is no chance of reconciliation

Was it I just wasn’t what you want?
I wonder if I simply failed to meet your expectations and desires

As the feelings fade, a strangers made
As the emotions between us diminish, we become like strangers to each other

From you, from you
This emotional distance is a result of your actions and choices

Ohh

If only you had stayed
If only you had chosen not to leave

I wonder where we’d be by now
I find myself thinking about the possibilities and potential of our relationship if you had stayed

Ohh

If only you had stayed
If only you had decided to remain in our relationship

If only you had stayed
If only you had chosen not to leave