oops, I guess I... ok, got it. I don´t know why, where Robert wrote "verse" I read "chorus"...
Thank you. Very much appreciated  

Sometimes I enjoy the fantasy
But life can get so complicated
I appreciate your sympathy
But your eyes say you're frustrated

Sometimes I need a little harmony
But it's hard to keep in control
You smile and choose your words carefully
And remind me we're the same kind of soul

I like the gist and flow of your original lyric... It seems more "mutual" to me  🙂

Hey Martin,
what I meant was to take a few syllables out of a couple of lines to give the vocals a bit more room. Maybe you want to try if any of these lines flow a bit better:

V1
Sometimes I think I need to get away
new: When everything here (pause) gets complicated
When I need you to take my hand and say,
new: It’s ok, we sometimes get frustrated

new: Then I start hiding
In some godforsaken place
new: And tell myself, I need a little space

V2
I find myself forgetting why I stayed
new: Things sometimes get so (pause) out of control
When I need you to take my hand and say,
new: You and I, we both share the same soul.

As for the chorus, try this alternative second line:

Who keeps me (little pause) from leaving  or Who will keep me from leaving

You might want to add a bit of diversity to your bridge:

And now I'm flying higher from the ground to the sky
I'm so afraid I'll let this love just pass by

Hope this helps a bit.
Once again,  this is a monster!

All the best
Robert

I completely get what Robert is saying. However, for me personally, most of the lines that he mentions work as they are in this kind of conversational delivery and add to the song's quirkiness. I could be wrong. One line that he didn't mention is this one:

"Telling myself that I need a little space." This would be more comfortable if you just omitted the word "that."

Regarding the bridge, if you keep it, I think it would be better to have a second line that actually ties into the first and the idea that he is floating in the sky. Maybe something like this...

And now I'm flying higher from the ground to the sky
The air is cold. A tear freezes in my eye.

Hi Robert, 

thank you so much for your help. You've pointed out some weakness and offered help. Thank you so much. I like the suggestions specially for Verse 1 and the pre-chorus. I´ll play around with the lines and will have a look what suits best to my limited singing and english skills... 

Gavin - for the "Telling myself (that)"... I think, while singing the song, I left the "that" out completely. I do this most of the times. I'm Austrian, it always sounds like zääääd ... so I cut it as often as I can. I like you suggestion for the 2nd line of the bridge though. So cool to have so many friendly people around here, offering help. 

@japov: Hi, thank you for stopping by :). Your lines are good!! 🙂 

Hi, 

sorry for posting two things today. But there's another Saturday-morning-Vocal take with one or two changes as suggested... hope its better now. Gonna do a "final" vocal take ...hopefully, in the next couple of days
https://soundcloud.com/user-784261513/stop-when-leaving-rough-demo

Stop me when I´m leaving
(music by Martin Götz/words by Martin Götz and Gavin Sinclair)

(verse)

Sometimes I think I need to get away
When everything around me gets complicated
When I need you to take my hand and say,
"Iis OK. we all get frustrated."

(pre-chorus)

And so I start hiding
in a godforsaken place
telling myself I need a little space.

(chorus)

I only want to find someone
who stops me when I am leaving
When the fool inside me doesn´t know what to do

I only want to find someone
who never stops believing
When you´re gone I´ll maybe find out it was you
When you´re gone I´ll maybe find out it was you

I find myself forgetting why I stayed
and It feels like I´m losing control
when I need you to take my hand and say,
"You and I, we are the same kind of soul."

And so I start hiding
in some godforsaken place
Telling myself I need a little space

I only want to find someone
who stops me when I am leaving
When the fool inside me doesn´t know what to do
I only want to find someone
who stops me when I am leaving
When you´re gone I´ll maybe find out it was you
When you´re gone I´ll maybe find out it was you

(Bridge)

And now I'm flying higher from the ground to the sky
The air is cold. A tear freezes in my eye.

(Chrous)

I only want to find someone
who stops me when I am leaving
When the fool inside me doesn´t know what to do

I only want to find someone
who stops me when I am leaving
When you´re gone I´ll maybe find out it was you
When you´re gone I´ll maybe find out it was you

Thank you again Gavin for your help

I really, really like this! Parts remind me of Ray Davies and the Kinks.  This is a winner in my book.

Enjoyed Da Listen Martin.

Good structure and good contrast between sections.

I especially liked the chorus and the bridge.

Overall: very good.