Cover art for Leave by Matchbox Twenty
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Leave Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's amazing
How you make your face, just like a wall
How you take your heart, and turn it off
How I turn my head, and lose it all

[Verse 2]
It's unnerving
How just one move puts me, by myself
There you go just trustin', someone else
Now I know I put us, both through hell

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm not sayin', there was nothin' wrong
I just didn't think you'd ever get, tired of me
And I'm not sayin', we ever had the right to hold on
I just didn't wanna let it get away from me

[Chorus]
But if that's how it's gonna leave, straight out from underneath, Then we'll see who's sorry now
If that's how it's gonna stand
When you know you've been depending on
The one you're leavin' now
The one you're leavin' out

[Verse 3]
It's aggravating
How you threw me on, and you tore me out
How your good intentions, turned to doubt
The way you needed time, to sort it out
[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm not sayin', there was nothin' wrong
I just didn't think you'd ever get tired of me
And I'm not sayin', we ever had the right to hold on
I couldn't ever let you get away from me

[Chorus]
But if that's how you're gonna leave
Straight out from underneath
Then we'll see who's sorry now
If that's how it's gonna stand when
You know you've been depending on
The one you're leavin' now
The one you're leavin' out
The one you're leavin' now
Now, no no
The one you're leavin' out

[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm not sayin', there was nothin' wrong
I didn't think you'd ever get tired of me

[Chorus]
But if that's how you're gonna leave
Straight out from underneath
Then we'll see who's sorry now
If that's how it's gonna stand when
You know you've been depending on
The one you're leavin' now, now
Yeah well tell me is that, how it's gonna end
When you know you've been depending on
The one you're leaving now
The one you're leaving out (I'm not sayin)
I'm the one your leavin' now
The one you're leavin' out (I'm not sayin)

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Credits
Additional Engineering
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Assistant Recording Engineer
Background Vocals
Bass Guitar
Concert Master
Lead guitar
Lead Vocals
Mixing Engineer
Orchestra Conductor
Percussion
Pro-tools Engineer
Recording Engineer
Rhythm Guitar
Recorded At
Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta & East Iris Studios, Nashville & Oceanway Studios, Nashville
Release Date
May 23, 2000
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