I Stay (Joe's Lyrics)

Intro

Mm-hmm

Mm

Verse 1

You're the kind that waits it out

When my head gets loud at night,

When I'm turning little worries

Into reasons we might die.

I keep boxes in the closet

Full of things I should've thrown,

Every "what if", every almost,

Every road I didn't go.

Pre-Chorus

I wear my heart like a warning sign,

Like someday you'll change your mind.

But you just pull me closer,

And look me in the eyes.

Chorus

I stay, I stay

By your side.

I stay, I stay

I won't hide.

You see the worst in me

And you don't run away.

When I can't love myself,

You love me anyway.

Oh no...

Oh no...

Oh no...

Verse 2

There's a coffee stain still sitting

On your favorite oversized tee,

From the night I swore I'd ruin

Everything you'd see in me.

You just laughed and took my shaking hands,

Like they were never hard to hold.

He wouldn't accuse,

He'd hold the space instead,

And somehow make me feel whole.

Pre-Chorus

I count my scars like evidence,

You count the ways I've grown.

I build walls around my feelings,

You keep calling them a home.

Chorus

I stay, I stay

By your side.

I stay, I stay

I won't hide.

You see the worst in me

And you don't run away.

When I can't love myself,

You love me anyway.

Bridge

Not angry, just a softer ache

That wants to help me grow.

You find the light inside the rooms

I thought nobody should know.

You press your palms to mine and say,

"It's not so bad, you'll see."

And for the first time in a long time,

I almost believe.

Final Chorus

I stay, I stay

By your side.

I stay, I stay

Through the night.

The darkness won't be over,

That part is true.

But I'm done with running

When I'm standing next to you.

Outro

Maybe love is not a rescue,

Maybe that's not what it's for.

Maybe it's just someone staying

At the door couldn't open before.