The Love That Stayed

# THE LOVE THAT STAYED [Verse 1] Yesterday, grief sat down beside me I never asked it to stay I was only trying to make it Through another ordinary day It didn't speak It didn't move It just stayed close Like it always knew I said, "I'm fine" Until it came And grief just smiled And said my name [Pre-Chorus] "I know That's why I waited You were busy Trying not to feel me Look away You always do But you don't have To run from truth" [Chorus] I'm not here to break you I'm the love that stayed After he couldn't hold you After he walked away I'm not here to hurt you I'm the part that remains You don't have to lose me Just because you lost him [Post-Chorus] The love that stayed The love that stayed You don't have to lose me Just because you lost him [Verse 2] I didn't answer For a long, long time Then whispered softly "I miss him tonight" "I miss him so much It hurts to breathe There's still a place Where he used to be" Grief nodded slowly "I already know Some days I'm thunder Some days I'm low I'll find you in a song A smell, a memory A happy moment That suddenly feels incomplete" [Pre-Chorus] "You don't have to hide me You don't have to pretend You don't have to be over it There is no end You're only learning What love becomes When the body is gone But the feeling lives on" [Chorus] I'm not here to break you I'm the love that stayed After he couldn't hold you After he walked away I'm not here to hurt you I'm the part that remains You don't have to lose me Just because you lost him [Bridge / Breakdown] There is no over it Only carrying What once had somewhere To go No forgetting Only learning How to love What you can't hold [Final Chorus] I'm not here to break you I'm the love that stayed After he couldn't hold you After he walked away I'm not here to hurt you I'm the part that remains You don't have to lose me Just because you lost him [Outro] The love that stayed The love that stayed And grief sat beside me The way he used to