[Verse 1] My sadness, yellow and curling at the corners It used to be soft, now it just clings I pick at it when I'm thinking too long And it always comes off in strips [Verse 2] My guilt, stained and brittle in patches You can feel it when the air shifts I’ve scrubbed and scrubbed But it still rises when the silence sets in [Chorus] It’s always been like this A little worn, a little wrong I’ve patched what I could But nothing holds for long Still, I stay Still, I stay [Verse 3] My heartache, unlevel and quiet You don’t notice it until you try to rest Then it tilts everything a little And dreams slide off the edges [Verse 4] My anger, sealed under layers of something Thick, uneven, and hard to name But sometimes it bubbles And leaves behind little burns where no one sees [Verse 5] My hope, flickering faint in the corner It doesn't warm much anymore But it glows just enough To remind me not to leave [Chorus – Final] This is how I keep from breaking Hold it all the way I do Some things stay because they ache Not because they’re true But I stay Yeah, I stay
