[Intro] You say it all looks so easy but I see the cracks in the concrete Summer sticks to my shirt and every look says: stay strong [Verse 1] Twelve degrees in the kitchen this morning but I’ve carried the day for too long Your glass on the table is half full mine is full of the things I don’t ask I talk to you like nothing’s wrong but my chest is making noise again The neighbors pull their blinds shut and I count the footsteps fading upstairs In the courtyard, a mattress lies in the rain beside boxes marked with names and dust A boy kicks at a can as if he could kick it all away I know that look in someone’s eyes when they laugh just so they don’t fall And you ask me, “What’s left in the end?” I say, “Only what we tell honestly” [Pre-Chorus] And the city holds its breath when your name moves through the streets I’ve kept quiet far too often but tonight I’ll sing your song [Chorus] Stay with me when the night devours us Stay with me until the doubt breaks We won’t go under we’re just passing through Stay with me stay with me [Verse 2] Your brother calls again, too late his voice is thin as paper You say he probably doesn’t mean it but you’re picking up my broken pieces Laundry hangs in the window like flags gray and heavy with all of yesterday And your laughter hits me right then when I think I’m finally doing better I’ve seen cities that shine but no gold can set these hands free Here you learn how to carry yourself when pride gets in the way again, hey Just coins and hope in my pocket and a message: “I’ll be right back” But we both know the truth “right back” often means “not quite near” [Pre-Chorus] And the lights draw circles on our skin like a memory that won’t fade I don’t have much to promise only that I’m here with you tonight [Chorus] Stay with me when the night devours us Stay with me until the doubt breaks We won’t go under we’re just passing through Stay with me stay with me [Bridge] If everything falls, let it fall slowly so we can still hold on to each other I carry your tomorrow on my shoulders and you hold my hand The sky moves like old glass and somewhere a quiet voice sings, come on But we won’t go home any smaller we’ll walk into summer wearing scars [Final Chorus] Stay with me when the night devours us Stay with me until the doubt breaks We won’t go under we’re just passing through Stay with me stay with me
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