Stay with me

Arrangement note – five voice instrumental interplay

Verse

In the quiet of the lantern light, I found you standing there,

A gentle spark against the night, a whisper in the air.

Your eyes were like a distant shore I’d dreamed of long ago,

Where soft notes drift like falling light and teach the dark to glow.

Pre‑Chorus

You reached for me with trembling hope,

A promise soft and small.

And in that touch, a low warm hum

Rewrote the meaning of it all.

Chorus

Stay with me where the lanterns fall,

Where bright threads dance and hearts stand tall.

Even if the sky should break,

I’ll hold your hand through every quake.

Stay with me, don’t fade away

You’re the dawn in my endless day.

Verse

We strolled through the wandering streets where memories are born,

Each step a gentle plucked refrain, a vow against the storm.

Your laughter painted colors on the shadows of my past,

A rising tone that shimmered through and held me fast at last.

Pre‑Chorus

You showed me how a fragile soul

Can rise from where it fell.

A glowing chord that slowly grows,

A truth no fear can quell.

Chorus

Stay with me where the lanterns fall,

Where bright threads dance and hearts stand tall.

Even if the sky should break,

I’ll hold your hand through every quake.

Stay with me, don’t fade away

You’re the dawn in my endless day.

Bridge

If the winds divide our path,

If the night begins to roar,

I’ll chase the echoes of your laugh

Across the world once more.

And in that storm, a deeper voice

Will rise to guide my flame

A fire born from gentle tones,

A love no storm can tame.

Chorus

Stay with me where the lanterns fall,

Where every wish becomes a call.

Even if the stars all fade,

Our story will remain unmade.

Stay with me, don’t drift away

You’re the light in my endless day.

Outro

And when the final lantern dies,

Its glow will linger in your eyes.