You Said Stay

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Little clock on the mantel ticks

I count the minutes you've been gone

Dust collects on your favorite chair

And I keep the candle burning on

Pre-Chorus

Every door in this house remembers

Every stair it knows your weight

Something sings in the walls at midnight

Something tells me it's too late

Chorus

You said stay

You said stay

Now the rooms all breathe your name

You said stay

You said stay

And the mirrors hold your face

I am sweet I am strange I am yours

You said stay

Post-Chorus

Stay stay stay

(Stay stay stay)

Stay stay stay

(Stay stay stay)

Verse 2

I rehearse your voice in the parlor

Play it back until it frays

Pour two cups and drink them both

Just to keep the ritual the same

Pre-Chorus

Every portrait turns to watch me

Every floorboard knows my step

Something knocks beneath the cellar

Something I have not buried yet

Chorus

You said stay

You said stay

Now the rooms all breathe your name

You said stay

You said stay

And the mirrors hold your face

I am sweet I am strange I am yours

You said stay

Post-Chorus

Stay stay stay

(Stay stay stay)

Stay stay stay

(Stay stay stay)

Bridge

One

Two

Three

Four

Counting to a hundred just to hear you once more

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Something in the hallway will not let me sleep

Breakdown

(Stay)

Chorus

You said stay

You said stay

Now the whole house knows your name

You said stay

You said stay

And I'll never be the same

I am sweet I am strange I am yours

I am sweet I am strange I am yours

You said stay

Outro

(Stay)

(Stay)

(Stay)