Verse 1 Stay. Why don’t you stay? You say I’m pushing you away, but I asked you to stay. The walls don’t echo, they just laugh at me — I gave the word, you didn’t believe. Pre-Chorus What does it mean when you ask if I want you here? I said it out loud, but you still disappear. You check my heart like you’re marking a test, but the answer was always “yes.” Chorus (big emo-pop hook) When I asked you to stay — did the floor cave in beneath me? When I asked you to stay — did you hear it or just leave? You say I’m pushing you away, but I begged you back that day. What does it mean when I asked you to stay? Verse 2 You call it my flaw, the way I hold too tight, But letting go never felt so right. I’m not a liar, I’m just terrified — Of love that slips when I try to fight. Pre-Chorus Why do you question my loyalty? I carved your name in tragedy. The room gets loud with the things you say, When all I asked was stay. Chorus (repeat) When I asked you to stay — did the floor cave in beneath me? When I asked you to stay — did you hear it or just leave? You say I’m pushing you away, but I begged you back that day. What does it mean when I asked you to stay? Bridge (raw emo, almost shouted) Is it my fatal flaw — To want you more than I should? Is it my fatal flaw — To believe love’s understood? Scream it back to me — stay! Scream it back to me — stay! Final Chorus / Outro When I asked you to stay — the night cracked and split in two. When I asked you to stay — all I wanted was you. You say I’m pushing you away, But I only ever prayed For you to stay. For you to stay.
