Why Can't We Talk

# Why Can't We Just Talk

**Verse 1**
I wasn't asking where you've been,
Wasn't saying you were untrue,
I was asking why that phone
Started sleeping next to you.
I know I've got my scars from before,
I know some things still cut me deep,
But I wasn't trying to start a war,
I just needed you to speak.

**Pre-Chorus**
But you heard an accusation,
And I heard another wall,
I reached for an explanation,
You reached for “I'm done with it all.”

**Chorus**
Why can't we just talk without breaking?
Why does every question turn to goodbye?
I'm not trying to catch you,
I'm trying to understand you,
I'm trying to feel safe standing by your side.
I don't need perfect,
I don't need every answer tonight,
I just need you to hear me
Before you turn and walk away this time.
Why can't we just talk?

**Verse 2**
You say you don't know the reason,
You say you sleep with it because you do,
Maybe there's nothing underneath it,
Maybe I'm just scared of losing you.
But when I ask and you get angry,
My heart remembers every wound,
And when you say you're leaving,
It feels like I'm losing you too soon.

**Pre-Chorus**
You say I'm calling you a liar,
I say you're shutting me outside,
You raise your voice, I push much harder,
And we both get lost inside the fight.

**Chorus**
Why can't we just talk without breaking?
Why does every question turn to goodbye?
I'm not trying to catch you,
I'm trying to understand you,
I'm trying to feel safe standing by your side.
I don't need perfect,
I don't need every answer tonight,
I just need you to hear me
Before you turn and walk away this time.
Why can't we just talk?

**Bridge**
I know I've said things I shouldn't,
I know sometimes I push too far,
I know fear can make me search for answers
In every shadow, every scar.
And I know you carry your own pressure,
More than I can always see,
But loving me can't mean you're screaming,
And loving you can't mean I stop believing in me.

So put the anger down,
Put the leaving on the shelf,
Don't make me fight for reassurance,
Don't make you fight to defend yourself.
Just sit here beside me,
Tell me what you really know,
And if the answer is “I don't know,”
Then let me hear it without letting go.

**Big Final Chorus**
Why can't we just talk without breaking?
Why does every question turn to goodbye?
I'm not asking for perfection,
I'm asking for connection,
I'm asking you to meet me halfway tonight.
I don't need a promise
That you'll never make a mistake,
I just need you to acknowledge
Every piece of my heart that's at stake.

And I'll do the same for you,
I'll listen when you're hurting too,
'Cause underneath all this anger
I'm still choosing you.
We're not enemies, baby,
We're just two hearts scared to lose—
So stop fighting me,
And I'll stop fighting you.

**Outro**
Maybe the phone was never the problem.
Maybe it was everything we never said.
Maybe we're standing on opposite sides
Of the same damn fear instead.

So don't pack your bags.
Don't say goodbye.
Just look at me.
Stay tonight.

Tell me the truth,
Even if the truth is “I don't know.”
I'll tell you I'm scared
Instead of pretending I don't.

And maybe this time...

**We won't fight to be right.**
**We'll fight to find our way home.**