Verse 1 I gave you all my quiet nights All my truth between the lines You took the softest part of me And wore it out like borrowed time I tried to heal us with my hands But pain kept slipping through Now every mirror in this room Still finds a trace of you Pre-Chorus Tell me why love turns so cold When you hold on but let go Why does my heart still run to fire When it already knows? Chorus And still I stay Somewhere between your leaving and your name I break, I bend, I fall, I pray But something in me stays the same You pull me close Then push me where the lonely shadows wait I should be gone, I know, I know But still... I stay Verse 2 You said forever with your eyes But your silence changed the deal Now I’m standing in the wreckage Trying to decide what’s real Was I love or just a place You came to when it rained? Was I shelter, was I home Or just a beautiful mistake? Pre-Chorus Tell me why I taste your words Long after they disappeared Why do broken promises Sound holy in my ears? Chorus And still I stay Somewhere between your leaving and your name I break, I bend, I fall, I pray But something in me stays the same You pull me close Then push me where the lonely shadows wait I should be gone, I know, I know But still... I stay Bridge Maybe love ain’t always mercy Maybe truth can bruise the skin Maybe I kept calling it devotion When it was just fear dressed as faith again I’m tired of lifting all this sorrow Like it’s mine alone to save But every time I reach the door A softer voice inside me says Final Chorus Still don’t stay Don’t lose your soul trying to make them change You break, you bend, but you can walk away And not carry all the blame Let them go Let the night take back what it gave You were enough before the ache You were enough before the ache Outro And I remain Not yours to ruin Not yours to name I remain
