intro (spoken low) i stayed anyway… (anyway… anyway…) even when it hurt like hell (hurt like hell… hell…) never really told nobody (nobody… nobody…) ⸻ hook i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) even when it hurt like hell (hurt like hell… hell…) i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) never really told nobody else (nobody else… else…) i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) tried to be who you wanted me to be (wanted me to be… be…) i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) still don’t know what you saw in me (saw in me… me…) ⸻ verse 1 came back home thinking things might change (might change… change…) same old silence still felt the same (felt the same… same…) i was trying hard just to play my role (play my role… role…) smiling outside but i’m losing control (losing control… control…) i ain’t say nothing (nothing… nothing…) i just stayed quiet (stayed quiet… quiet…) kept my head down (head down… down…) kept trying (trying… trying…) thought if i showed love long enough (long enough… enough…) maybe one day it’d come back (come back… back…) but it never did like that (never did… did…) ⸻ hook i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) even when it hurt like hell (hurt like hell… hell…) i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) never really told nobody else (nobody else… else…) ⸻ verse 2 i changed things i never planned to change (planned to change… change…) thought maybe that would make it safe (make it safe… safe…) tried to be strong when i needed help (needed help… help…) learned real quick how to hold myself (hold myself… self…) had days i was barely breathing (barely breathing… breathing…) still nobody really seen it (really seen it… seen it…) i kept showing up the same (showing up the same… same…) still felt like i was out the frame (out the frame… frame…) kept thinking love meant wait your turn (wait your turn… turn…) but love ain’t something you gotta earn (gotta earn… earn…) ⸻ bridge (spoken, almost whisper) i ain’t mad (mad… mad…) just tired (tired… tired…) i ain’t lost (lost… lost…) just wired different now (different now… now…) some things don’t come back around (back around… around…) ⸻ final hook (slower drag) i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) even when it hurt like hell (hurt like hell… hell…) i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) never really told nobody else (nobody else… else…) i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) tried to be who you wanted me to be (wanted me to be… be…) i stayed anyway (anyway… anyway…) now i’m learning who i’m supposed to be (supposed to be… be…)
