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  1. Stop Asking Me That

From the recording Toe the Line

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You say, "What if I died?"
like it’s small talk
like it’s weather
like it’s nothing on your heart at all
You laugh it off
I freeze up
air gone, lungs shut
Tongue tied to the roof of my mouth
tryna play it tough

'Cause I seen white sheets
seen mothers at graves
seen brothers go quiet
never walk the same
So when you joke like that
I feel that dirt on your name
I see your picture on a program
date, dash, date

[Chorus]
Stop asking me what I'd do if you died
I would lose my mind
I would burn inside
I would tear this whole damn sky in two
If this world ever tried to bury you
Stop asking me what I'd do if you’re gone
I would break down bad
I would come undone
My day one, I ain't built to survive
My world ends the second you close your eyes

[Verse 2]
You say, "Babe, just answer"
you poke, you tease
you don't see the way those words
drop me to my knees
I see your clothes in a box
your phone shut off
your mama in my arms
tryna hold that loss

I’d be cursing God
and every clock on the wall
smash mirrors in the house
til the glass can’t fall
I’d stop driving your street
'cause the porch light gone
I’d stop playing every song
that your name was on

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
I don't wanna plan that pain
don't wanna map that day
Don’t wanna taste that air
where you ain’t there
You say, "It’s just talk"
I say, "That’s my grave"
You’re the one good thing
that this life gave

[Chorus]