**Paper Hearts** [Intro] [Unaccompanied vocal] I nearly threw it out. [Verse 1] The floor is wet. The room is bare. A folded note waits by my chair. No name. No date. Just four small words: “I came alone. I stayed for yours.” [Pre-Chorus] I read it twice. The paper bends. The cleaner calls. The night has ended. [Chorus] Paper hearts. Crease by crease. A tiny fold can hold a seat. Paper hearts. Ink runs thin. I almost cut that song again. But someone stayed. Someone stayed. [Verse 2] The bus rolls past a shuttered store. I smooth the note against my coat. One corner tears. I press it flat. The driver brakes. I grab my bag. [Pre-Chorus] At soundcheck, I had said, “Too slow.” I crossed the song right off the show. [Chorus] Paper hearts. Crease by crease. A tiny fold can hold a seat. Paper hearts. Ink runs thin. I almost cut that song again. But someone stayed. Someone stayed. [Bridge] [Music falls away] I never saw who wrote the line. She knows my voice. I don't know mine. I fold it once. I leave it there. A small white shape beside my keys. [Final Chorus] [Full band enters] Paper hearts. Crease by crease. A tiny fold can hold a seat. Paper hearts. Ink runs thin. Tomorrow night, I’ll sing it again. Because someone stayed. Someone stayed. [Outro] [Only piano and voice] I nearly threw it out.
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