[Intro] [Male, close] [Verse 1] You leave your coffee cooling by the sink, reading the same page longer than you think. I don't ask what the quiet means tonight, I just pull the curtains and turn down the light. You have a life that started before my name, old friends, old roads, a little beautiful mess to claim. I don't want to be the lock upon your door, I want to be the place you come back for. [Pre-Chorus] No keeping score, no asking where you've been. Just your hand finding mine when the day lets you back in. [Chorus] Stay because you want to, not because I need you to. Bring your whole heart through the door, leave a little room for more. I won't make a cage of us, I won't turn trust into dust. If forever finds our names, let it find us free enough to stay. [Verse 2] You change your mind in the middle of a sentence, I lose my keys and call it independence. We laugh about the dishes in the hall, then make a plan and break it by nightfall. Some days your touch is all the answer that I need, some days you need an hour and I let the silence breathe. Love is not a hand around your wrist, it's knowing what to hold and what to miss. [Pre-Chorus] No perfect lines, no promise made of stone. Just two stubborn souls learning how to make a home. [Chorus] Stay because you want to, not because I need you to. Bring your whole heart through the door, leave a little room for more. I won't make a cage of us, I won't turn trust into dust. If forever finds our names, let it find us free enough to stay. [Bridge] [Band nearly drops away] If I get scared, I'll tell you plain. If you need distance, take the space. [Female, softly spoken] I love you best when I can still be me. [Male, quiet] Then keep that part. Keep all of it. [Final Chorus] Stay because you want to, come close because it feels true. Bring your whole heart through the door, leave a little room for more. I'll be the arms you run into, never the walls surrounding you. If forever finds our names, let it find us free enough to stay. [Outro] [Male, intimate] The coffee's cold, the porch light's on. Take your time. I'm not gone.
