Say If You Hate Me

​[Intro]

​[Verse 1]

Little bird sitting on a rusted wire

Tell me do you feel the burning fire

Don't just stare with your hollow eyes

Tell me the truth behind the thin disguise

If the honey has turned to salt today

Just find the courage and find the way

​[Verse 2]

The garden gate is swinging in the wind

Counting every place where we have sinned

It’s much colder when you’re standing near

Whispering the things I’m not supposed to hear

If the silver has turned to common lead

Just say the things that need to be said

​[Chorus]

Say if you hate me

Don't leave me hanging on a broken line

Say if you hate me

I’d rather have the storm than a sun that won't shine

Just let the words fall heavy and free

Say if you hate me

​[Bridge]

Silence is a poison, a slow-acting blade

Cutting through every promise we made

Don’t be a coward, don’t look at the floor

Just point your finger and show me the door

It’s kinder to kill me with one honest word

Than leave me here waiting for what I haven't heard

​[Acoustic Guitar Solo]

​[Verse 3]

I can take the weight of a closing door

I’ve walked across this shaky floor before

But I can't breathe in this quiet war

Tell me what you’re waiting for

Just let the winter settle in my bones

Pick up the heaviest of all the stones

​[Chorus]

Say if you hate me

Don't leave me hanging on a broken line

Say if you hate me

I’d rather have the storm than a sun that won't shine

Just let the words fall heavy and free

Say if you hate me

​[Outro]

Say it now

Let it go

Say if you hate me

Before the morning light

Say if you hate me

Yeah