Verse 1 — mezzo soprano: I don’t need you To find the words Don’t need advice I’ve heard enough Don’t tell me Everything happens For a reason Tonight I don’t really care What the reason was I’ve spent all day Being who everybody Needed me to be And right now I don’t need saving I just don’t wanna Carry all of this Alone Pre-Chorus — mezzo soprano: So if I get quiet Let me If I start crying Let me You don’t have to Make it better Just don’t leave Because you don’t know What to say Chorus — mezzo soprano: Sit with me You don’t have to Say a thing Sit with me Till I don’t feel Everything I don’t need An answer I don’t need A remedy If you don’t know What to do Just… Sit with me Verse 2 — Lyrical Soprano: You don’t have to Make it pretty You don’t have to Tell me you’re fine I know what silence Sounds like When somebody’s Running out of ways To hide You can give me The ugly version The one you think Nobody wants to see I won’t love you Any different You don’t have to Perform strength For me Verse 3 — Coloratura Soprano: We don’t have to Call this healing We don’t have to Know what’s next Sometimes love Is just somebody Staying long enough For you to exhale No promises About tomorrow No pretending Tonight didn’t hurt Maybe being here Beside you Is enough For what this moment Is worth Chorus — lyrical lead mezzo and coloratura harmonies Sit with me You don’t have to Say a thing Sit with me Till I don’t feel Everything I don’t need An answer I don’t need A remedy If you don’t know What to do Just… Sit with me Bridge — mezzo soprano: Can I ask you Something? Who sits with you When it gets heavy? Lyrical Soprano: Sometimes… Nobody. I got good At disappearing Without ever Leaving the room Good at smiling Just enough So nobody Looks too close Coloratura Soprano: Me too. Sometimes I make hope Sound so beautiful Nobody notices When I’m tired Of believing it Mezzo soprano: So all this time… We’ve been trying To be strong For each other When maybe… We could’ve just Been tired Together Lyrical Soprano: Then be tired. Coloratura Soprano: We’re not going anywhere. Mezzo soprano: Okay… Then stay. Final Chorus — mezzo lead lyrical and coloratura harmonies: Sit with me You don’t have to Say a thing Sit with me You can bring Your hurting too We don’t need An answer We don’t need A remedy If nobody knows What to do We can… Sit together Stay with me Till the weight Gets easier to breathe Stay with me You don’t have to Hide from me No one needs To fix it No one needs To make it right We can leave The world outside Nobody has to Be strong tonight Outro — All Nobody… Has to be strong… Tonight. Just stay.
