Lagu "Leave" oleh Barenaked Ladies mengungkapkan rasa sakit hati dan frustrasi yang mendalam setelah putus cinta. Sang narator memberitahukan sang mantan untuk pergi karena mereka tidak mampu menahan ketidaknyamanan emosional lebih lama lagi. Liriknya menggemakan pergulatan yang menyakitkan saat mencoba melupakan seseorang yang tidak mau melepaskan, menciptakan rasa hantu yang konstan yang menghantui pikiran mereka. Lagu ini menangkap rasa sakit yang memakan waktu lama akibat perpisahan dan kebutuhan untuk menyingkirkan segala hal yang mengingatkan pada hubungan masa lalu.
Leave Lyrics
Barenaked Ladies
I've informed you to leave
'Cause I can't afford to lose more sleep
I get ill when I get tired
So I'll try to rest if you'll stand guard
Do do do do do do do do whoa
Do do do do do do do
I've informed you to leave
'Cause I can't stand to hear you breathe
I chew up and I choke down
The scraps you choose to leave around
Do do do do do do do do whoa
Do do do do do do do
Apparitions still won't leave me alone
It's as if you never left
How am I supposed to remember you
When you won't let me forget?
I've informed you to leave
'Cause I can't afford to lose more sleep
There's your shoes, and there's the door
Please don't come here anymore
Do do do do do do do do Whoa
Do do do do do do do
'Cause I can't afford to lose more sleep
I get ill when I get tired
So I'll try to rest if you'll stand guard
Do do do do do do do do whoa
Do do do do do do do
I've informed you to leave
'Cause I can't stand to hear you breathe
I chew up and I choke down
The scraps you choose to leave around
Do do do do do do do do whoa
Do do do do do do do
Apparitions still won't leave me alone
It's as if you never left
How am I supposed to remember you
When you won't let me forget?
I've informed you to leave
'Cause I can't afford to lose more sleep
There's your shoes, and there's the door
Please don't come here anymore
Do do do do do do do do Whoa
Do do do do do do do