How Could You Leave Us- NF Lyrics

How Could You Leave Us- NF Lyrics

How could you leave us lyrics:
How could you leave us so unexpected?
We were waiting, we were waiting
For you but you just left us
We needed you, I needed you
Yo, I don't know what it's like to be addicted to pills
But I do know what it's like to be a witness it kills
Mama told me she love me, I'm thinking this isn't real
I think of you when I get a whiff of that cigarette smell, yeah
Welcome to the bottom of hell
They say pain is a prison, let me out of my cell
You say you proud of me, but you don't know me that well
Sit in my room, tears running down my face and I yell
Into my pillowcases, you say you coming to get us
Then call 'em a minute later just to tell us you not, I'm humiliated
I'm in a room with a parent that I don't barely know
Some lady in the corner watching us, while she taking notes
I don't get it mom, don't you want to watch your babies grow?
I guess that pills are more important, all you have to say is no
But you won't do it will you? You gon' keep popping 'til those pills kill you
I know you gone but I can still feel you
Why would you leave us? Why would you leave us here?
How could you leave us here?
How would you leave us? Why would you leave us?
Oh, Hey
I got this picture in my room and it kills me
But I don't need a picture of my mom, I need the real thing
Now a relationship is something we won't ever have
Why do I feel like I lost something that I never had?
You shoulda been there when I graduated
Told me you love me and congratulations
Instead you left us at the window waiting
Where you at mom? We're too young to understand where you at huh?
Yeah, I know those drugs got you held captive
I can see it in your eyes, they got your mind captured
Some say it's fun to get the high but I am not laughing
What you don't realise and what you not grasping
That I was nothing but a kid who couldn't understand
I ain't gon' say that I forgive you cause it hasn't happened
I thought that maybe I feel better as time passes
If you really cared for me, then where you at then?
Why would you leave us? Why would you leave us?
How could you leave us here?
How would you leave us? Why would you leave us?
Hey
Our last conversation, you were sat in the living room
Talking 'bout my music and I brought you something to listen to
You started crying, telling me this isn't you
Couple weeks later, guess you were singing a different tune
You took them pills for the last time, didn't you?
They took you from us once, guess they came back to finish you
Crying my eyes out in the studio is difficult
Music is the only place that I can go to speak to you
Took me everything inside of me to not scream at your funeral
Sitting in my chair, that person talking was pitiful
I wish you were here mama but every time I picture you
All I feel is pain, I hate the way I remember you
They found you on the floor, I could tell that you felt hallow
Gave everything you had plus your life to them pill bottles
You gave everything you had plus your life to them pill bottles
Don't know if you hear me or not, but if you still watching ma
Why would you leave us? Why would you leave us?
How could you leave us here?
How would you leave us? Why would you leave us?
Hey
Songwriters: Nate Feuerstein / James Thomas Profitt
How Could You Leave Us lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group

[samanthabarron]

Theres nothing like loving an addict. There’s no pain like that in the world.

[babyblues]

My mom was an addict and so my sister, brother and myself were taken from her. Her drugs were more important (I always thought). I remember sitting at a window watching her walk away. My sister was the youngest, adopted first. My brother and I endured great pain at the hands of different adults. We were finally adopted. I never forgot. I found out she died years back from a drug overdose. I still think of her to this day.

[hanazaatri]

it feels like he is actully crying thro the whole song...wich makes it even better

[ashleyphillips]

God this song explains my life so well no my mom didnt die but she left me for drugs I miss her but I am fine..

[ampedup]

It's sad that this doesn't have millions of veiws

[okiboy]

You know I lost my mom when I was just a kid to the same thing and this song really hit me hard😢 this song for sure needs the views people need to see this so they know what's on the line every time they wanna take that pill. A drug high is only temporary but family is for life❤

[josefinaeslava]

My mom didnt took pills but she was so deep in drugs. I went thru alot with her. I was 6 and homeless, leaving with different strangers all the time and one of them abused me sexually. This was until i turned 8 that my sister took me. But now that i have my kids. Never will put them thru all that. I cant say im as perfect mom but i always try my best.

[PC-zgwj]

This song hits my soul hard... my brother and I lost our mother to suicide with pills... when she tried to throw them up, she had nothing else on her stomach; she was pronounced dead on arrival. I was three; my brother was one... Thank you NF... for an outlet for our loss.

[Mohaze.]

Dad: Son, stop playing that song
Son: why?
Dad: *We have bigger speakers downstairs*

[justinaspivey]

You can hear the pain in his voice his songs are not fake thats what makes him my fav :)

[flat_breadsociety]

I’m playing this in the same room as my mom who keeps drinking and taking pills

[stevenroloff]

My mother was an addict. She committed suicide when I was eight years old. This song is so incredibly painful for me...

[ccupidd_xoxo]

I relate to this song but instead of my mom it's my father... My father didn't did do pils but he was an alcohol, and though he did die he was an absentee father...

[andreamartinez]

It is literally relatable to everyone but me and I cried

[belladawn]

i tried to take my life last night overdosing because i lost my mom to overdosing. but right before i did it i heard this song and it saved me. i realized what it’d do to my sister and brothers.

[rogerrabbit]

I recently lost my mom to drugs and never had her growing up as a kid . This song really hit home

[omarmohadskills]

my body was shaking man its so emotional

[kylahyland]

I haven't found a song in my years that represents mine and my siblings life. Thank you. I grew up in care from the age of 11, split up from 7 of my younger siblings. I dropped out of school at the age of 7 to raise my siblings as my mum and step dad were to addicted to drugs and alcohol since I could remember. My mum eventually bailed across the country and has now made a new life for herself with the same old patterns just 2 new siblings that I now can't protect from her as I did years ago with my other siblings. It gets hard at times. Im now 24 with a 2 year old daughter that I would do anything in this world for, I will give her the love I never had. I'm happy now, iv learnt to be open and trust again but it took a lot to get here and I still have my days, but kow those days just remind me of how strong I really am. I haven't seen my mum in 13 years and I don't think I ever will. My dad... well that's another whole story in itself.
life is life and all I can do is grow from my past, move forward and live each day awake and thankful for the lessons. 💕

[kyliearmstrong]

😭😭this song Is my life story
This song hits me so hard😭😭

[juliebourgeois]

I never cried on or been deeply touched by a song like I have with this one.