Lyrics

[Verse 1 — Restrained, Smoky Baritone-Tenor]
For three straight nights you’ve faced the window
With your back turned toward my side
Every time I reach to hold you
You pull the covers up and hide
Your telephone stays in your pocket
Even while you’re changing clothes
And that perfume I bought last summer
Only leaves this house when you go
I’ve been swallowing suspicion
Trying not to speak from fear
But a man can feel another presence
Even when nobody’s here
[Pre-Chorus — Aching Vocal Rise]
Don’t tell me I’m imagining
What your silence makes so plain
I would rather hear the cruel truth
Than keep sleeping beside this pain
[Chorus — Passionate Chest Voice]
Tell me who’s been here
Taking what belonged between us
Who taught your lips to kiss me colder?
Who convinced your heart to leave us?
I’m not asking for a story
I’m not begging you to stay
Tell me who’s been here
And let’s end this guessing game
[Verse 2 — Behind-the-Beat Storytelling]
Last Sunday, your sister called me
Said you never made it home
You told me you were at her table
But she said she ate alone
Then you blamed her poor remembering
And accused me of mistrust
But your hands began to tremble
When I asked where you really were
I’m the man who stood beside you
When your whole world lost its ground
Don’t reward ten years of loving
By making truth so hard to find
[Pre-Chorus — Rougher Delivery]
If another man has touched you
Say his name and let me breathe
Don’t keep using my devotion
As permission to deceive
[Chorus — Layered Background Harmonies]
Tell me who’s been here
Taking what belonged between us
Who taught your lips to kiss me colder?
Who convinced your heart to leave us?
I’m not asking for a story
I’m not begging you to stay
Tell me who’s been here
And let’s end this guessing game
[Bridge — Gospel-Rooted Cry]
I could forgive an honest failure
Before I live inside a lie
But every answer you keep changing
Takes another piece of mine
I have bent until my backbone
Barely recognizes me
Love should never make a good man
Question everything he sees
[Background Harmonies]
Tell the truth
Set him free
Don’t destroy his dignity
[Male Lead — Powerful Belt]
Lay your secrets on this table
Let tomorrow judge the cost
We can try to mend the damage
Or admit this love is lost
[Final Chorus — Full Vocal Power]
Tell me who’s been here
I can feel him in the distance
In the way you guard your body
In the absence of your kisses
I won’t fight an unseen stranger
While you help him take my place
Tell me who’s been here
Then look this faithful man directly in his face
[Outro — Aching Vibrato and Ad-Libs]
No more questions
No more clues
No more waking up confused
Say you love me
Or let me leave
But don’t keep lying next to me
Tell me who’s been here
And let’s end this game tonight