You Stayed

Verse 1 You saw the light leave my eyes Before I knew it was gone You heard the shake in my voice When I swore I was strong I wasn’t easy to love then I was drowning in the dark But you didn’t turn your face away You just sat there with my heart Pre-Chorus And I know I scared you sometimes I know I pulled away I know there were nights you wondered If I’d ever be okay Chorus But you stayed When I was breaking You stayed When I was hard to save You held the door open When I couldn’t find my way You loved me through the silence Through the anger, through the pain From the bottom of my heart Thank you for staying Verse 2 You didn’t ask me to perform Or pretend I wasn’t hurt You let me fall apart Without making me feel worse You saw past all the wreckage Past the storm inside my head And when I couldn’t see my worth You remembered it instead Pre-Chorus And I know it wasn’t simple I know it took a toll But you never made me feel like I was too much to hold Chorus You stayed When I was breaking You stayed When I was hard to save You held the door open When I couldn’t find my way You loved me through the silence Through the anger, through the pain From the bottom of my heart Thank you for staying Bridge Some people love the sunshine Then leave when shadows fall But you brought candles to the room And sat beside it all I may not have said it clearly When I was lost inside the fight But your love became a lantern That helped me make it through the night Final Chorus You stayed When I was shaking You stayed When I had lost my name You didn’t try to fix me You just loved me all the same You saw me at my lowest And you never walked away From the bottom of my heart Thank you for staying Outro So here’s to the hands That reached for me in the dark Here’s to the ones Who protected my heart I’m standing here because You wouldn’t let me fade And I’ll love you forever For the way that you stayed