If You Could Stay

Verse 1

Night falls, my room is silent

Barely breathing, tracing lines you left

Photographs fade fast

One by one, I count each reason

You linger, soft and slow

A broken promise held in my hands

A single word I never said

Left behind, no second chance

Hope drifts, slips through fingers

Every shadow calls your name

Just a sigh, just empty space

Chorus

If I could hold you

If you would let me

I'd hide inside the hush between your heartbeats

I wish I'd told you

Every time you left me

Lonely fills the silence you've been keeping

If I could hold you

If you could stay

Verse 2

So I wait, wide awake all night

Echoes of laughter, too far to find

A whisper caught in quiet light

Dust on the table, memories gather

Empty mugs, stories scattered

A single chair where you once sat

Maybe you remember

Maybe you forgot

An open window, cold air circles in

Wish I could speak, wish I could begin

Chorus

If I could hold you

If you would let me

I'd hide inside the hush between your heartbeats

I wish I'd told you

Every time you left me

Lonely fills the silence you've been keeping

If I could hold you

If you could stay

Bridge

Still I wait, folded letters, fading ink

Pages worn where secrets sink

All the words I lost to fear

Still I wonder, still I ache

Still I dream that you might wake

And find me waiting here

Chorus

If I could hold you

If you would let me

I'd hide inside the hush between your heartbeats

I wish I'd told you

Every time you left me

Lonely fills the silence you've been keeping

If I could hold you

If you could stay

Outro

If you could stay

I'd hold you till the morning breaks

Just stay