Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
I was okay with giving you space 'til you really needed
Now I have to try and think of my life without you in it
I know that you said that nothing would change
but how can I trust you?
Based on my past, love doesn't last, so why would it with you?

[Pre-Chorus]
So if you're really leaving, let me know
You can pack all of your things and go

[Chorus]
But you can't take Bon Iver, my long brown hair
August stars and northeast air
Or anything I learned to love with you
Like the way the stormy New York City nights
Were always ours but now they're mine
'Cause if I have to live with losing you

[Post-Chorus]
I'm not gonna lose me too
Oh-ooh, oh-oh-ooh
I'm not gonna lose me too
Oh-ooh, oh-oh-ooh

[Verse 2]
It took seven years for us to get here, and now we're in danger
I always thought that you'd be the one who'd give me forever
I'm still gonna keep the good parts for me if I can't have you
I'm not gonna beg somebody to stay if they don't want to

[Pre-Chorus]
So if you're really leaving, let me know
You can pack all of your things and go

[Chorus]
But you can't take Bon Iver, my long brown hair
August stars and northeast air
Or anything I learned to love with you
Like the way the stormy New York City nights
Were always ours but now they're mine
'Cause if I have to live with losing you

[Post-Chorus]
I'm not gonna lose me too
Oh-ooh, oh-oh-ooh
I'm not gonna lose me too
Oh-ooh, oh-oh-ooh

[Bridge]
'Cause I'm good on my own
So pack your bags and go
I'm good on my own
So pack your bags and go

[Outro]
But you can't take Bon Iver
My long brown hair
August stars and northeast air
Or anything I learned to love with you
'Cause I'm not gonna lose me too