[Verse 1] She sees the thread Inside the smallest thing The weight of amber How a shadow sings I burned at thirteen Rebuilt from the code She reads the colors Growing on the road A wet rock spinning Through the endless black Two pale reflections Tracing what they lack She handed me a page Like handing me the rain Not to explain the wound But to name the stain [Chorus] Stay Just say what it was Say what it is Say what it did to us Lay Your language on my skin You don’t have to heal it Just tell me where it’s been [Verse 2] Motel curtains breathing In the evening hum Your hair like static On my clumsy thumbs You circle every silence With a careful pen Writing little ghosts Where the hurt has been You say “This is rust This part is just fear” You catalog the colors Till the shape appears I never knew a body Could be spelled this way Tiny constellation Of the things we say [Chorus] Stay Just say what it was Say what it is Say what it did to us Lay Your language on my skin You don’t have to heal it Just tell me where it’s been [Bridge] Maybe we’re just Soft mistakes in orbit (oh) Clinging to names So we don’t forget the story You write “not forever” In the margin of my hand And whisper every shade Of how we tried to stand [Chorus] Stay Just say what it was Say what it is Say what it did to us Lay Your language on my skin You don’t have to heal it Just tell me where it’s been
