(Verse 1) You came in with smoke on your sleeve, Said don't get close, I never stay, I leave. I poured the wine, you took the floor, You were already halfway out the door. I said don't smoke in here, You said then make me care. (Pre-Chorus) I built my walls from contracts and ice, You looked at me once and didn't look twice— No, you looked again, and I felt it break, The first thing I've wanted that I couldn't fake. (Chorus) Stay. Don't turn the handle, don't walk away. I don't know the words, I only know this— Your name in my mouth, your weight on my ribs. Stay. Just one more night, then one more day. I'll learn to love if you learn to wait. Stay. (Verse 2) You cried on the tile, I stood in the rain, You punched my chest like it owed you the pain. I said you're not a thing, you never were, And you shook like a leaf, and you didn't leave. Sunflowers, sky, a car with no roof— You looked at the field and you finally breathed. (Pre-Chorus) I'm old, you're young, I'm scared, you're scared, Two broken men with nothing to spare— But I'd give you the city, the floors, the view, If you'd just stop packing when I look at you. (Chorus) Stay. Don't turn the handle, don't walk away. I don't know the words, I only know this— Your name in my mouth, your weight on my ribs. Stay. Just one more night, then one more day. I'll learn to love if you learn to wait. Stay. (Bridge) Baby, I said, and you didn't flinch— You just held on tighter, inch by inch. You whispered mine, my John, mine, Like a prayer you'd never said out loud. And I said it back, I said it true: I love you. I love you. I love you. (Final Chorus) Stay. Don't turn the handle, don't walk away. We don't know how to love, but we know how to hold— The half of the bed that was always cold. Stay. Not one more night — for all the days. I learned to love, you learned to wait. Stay. (Outro) Fifty-eight floors. Rain on the glass. Your head on my chest. Your hand in my hand. The door stays closed. You stayed.
