[Verse 1] You don't have to talk tonight I can sit beside you still You don't have to find a reason You don't have to force yourself to feel Close the curtains if you want to Let the whole day disappear Nothing outside needs an answer You don't owe one while I'm here [Pre-Chorus] Come a little closer You can leave the lights down low I won't ask you where we're going We don't have to go [Chorus] Stay here with me Stay here with me You don't have to be all right For me to want your company Stay here with me Let the hours pass quietly You can give the world tomorrow You can have tonight with me [Soft Expressive Violin Interlude] [Verse 2] I know sometimes everything you carry Turns heavier without a sound And all the things that usually matter Can't quite reach you where you are So don't apologize for silence Don't perform a better day You don't have to make me comfortable I wasn't going anyway [Pre-Chorus] Come a little closer Let your tired eyes close I'll keep watch beside the window You don't have to know [Chorus] Stay here with me Stay here with me You don't have to be all right For me to want your company Stay here with me Let the hours pass quietly You can give the world tomorrow You can have tonight with me [Long Violin Solo – Tender, Slow, Gradually Becoming Warm and Soaring] [Bridge] There are parts of you still sleeping Under everything you feel Things you loved haven't betrayed you Just because they don't feel real You don't have to go and find them You don't have to call them home Let them wait where you last left them They will know you when you come And if tonight is only darkness Then I'll learn the darkness too I don't need the room to brighten I just want to sit with you [Violin and Piano Interlude] [Bridge II – Very Soft] Put your head down if you're tired You have nothing left to prove I'll be quiet if you need me I can stay without a word And when you finally look beside you I won't ask how long it's been I'll just smile like I always knew I'd get to see you there again [Instrumental Rise – Violin Becoming Luminous] [Final Chorus] Stay here with me Stay here with me You don't have to be all right For me to want your company Stay here with me There's nowhere else I need to be Let the night be what it has to It doesn't change what you are to me Stay here with me Stay here with me You don't have to find the light You don't have to make yourself believe Just stay here with me That's enough for me [Extended Emotional Violin Outro] [Very Soft Vocal] You can rest now. I'm staying.
