The Last Invitation - Aliza
I left the porch light on again like you might change your mind
Every step outside still sounds like it could be you this time
Your sweater's folded on the chair where you used to stay
I keep it there like proof that you were real one day
I practiced all the things I'd say if you walked back through that door
This is the last invitation I have left to give
I've been waiting at the edge of how much I can forgive
If you're gonna love me, love me
If you're gonna leave, then go
I can't keep sitting in places for a heart that won't come home
This is the last invitation
We talk like nothing's broken but we both feel the cracks
You hold me like a memory you don't plan to get back
I keep reading between your words searching for a sign
That I still matter like I did before goodbye
I'm tired of loving halfway while you're already gone
This is the last invitation to stay, to fight, to try
I've been standing in the doorway while you look the other side
If you still see forever say it before it's gone
I can't keep begging you to choose me and move on
This is the last invitation
I don't need perfect, I just need true
I need your heart, not just the ghost of you
I've burned myself to keep you warm, now I'm freezing in your arms
This is me being honest with nothing left to hide
I'm laying all my love down one final time
If you don't reach for me now, I'll finally let you go
I'll close the door so gently but I'll close it for my own
This is the last invitation
No more waiting in the dark
I won't keep giving pieces to someone guarding their heart
If you're gonna love me, love me like you used to do
If not, I'll learn how to survive without you
This was the last invitation
I'll turn off the porch light tonight, let the silence listen in
I loved you without conditions, even at the end