[Verse 1] I met you where the county road broke open By the creek where the willows bowed low You had mud on your boots, fire in your forehead And a laugh that could wake up the soil I had a heart like a fence in a storm All bent, all bruised, all through Then you looked at me like I was still worth keeping Like the bad parts never got to choose [Pre-Chorus] And I was undone By the plain truth in your face You did not ask me to be holy You asked me to stay [Chorus] Oh, I will stay with you Through the hard days and the honey Oh, I will stay with you When the light runs thin and funny You are my once in a lifetime My barefoot, brave, and true Oh, I will stay with you And let the world go by us [Verse 2] We have seen the table set with nothing We have counted change in the palm We have slept with worry like a third voice Pacing the room till dawn But you kept a candle in your manner Like you knew what the dark would do And I learned love is not a winning It is tending what is true [Pre-Chorus] So I came back Even when I wanted to flee You were the road under my shaking You were the mercy in me [Chorus] Oh, I will stay with you Through the hard days and the honey Oh, I will stay with you When the light runs thin and funny You are my once in a lifetime My barefoot, brave, and true Oh, I will stay with you And let the world go by us [Spoken Word] [M/F] I vow to meet your storms with both hands open. I vow to learn your silence without fear. I vow to be a roof when the rain starts speaking. I vow to come home to you, year after year. [M/F] I vow to tell you the truth when my throat shakes. I vow to love you with my whole unruly soul. I vow to keep my own wild fire burning. I vow to hold your name like it makes me whole. [M/F] I vow to mend what I can and kneel for what I cannot. [M/F] I vow to laugh at the mess and bless it anyway. [M/F] I vow to love your scars like maps. [M/F] I vow to love your tenderness like a sacred day. [Bridge] If heaven is a doorway, let it open here In this small room, in this trembling light Let the old graves of our fear be emptied Let the floodplain teach us how to rise And if my hands are shaking when I say it Let them shake, let them tell the truth I was never made to be a castle I was made to stand beside you [Final Chorus] Oh, I will stay with you Through the hard days and the honey Oh, I will stay with you When the light runs thin and funny You are my once in a lifetime My barefoot, brave, and true Oh, I will stay with you Oh, I will stay with you And let the world go by us [Outro] So take my hand, take my name Take my bruised and blessed-up heart We were carved by the same river And it knew us from the start
