If You Stay

Mmm…

Just hear me out…

I’ve been holdin’ back the storms behind my eyes

Didn’t want to let you see the way I break sometimes

But you touch me like forgiveness,

You talk to me like light…

And suddenly my shadows don’t know where to hide

I’m not perfect, no…

But you still call me home

So if you’re walking forward,

Baby, I won’t walk alone

If you stay…

I’ll give you every part I kept afraid

I’ll let the walls I built fall out of place

I’ll learn to love the mess I made

If you stay…

I’ll open up the doors I locked away

I’ll hold your heart as if it beats the same

Just don’t let go—

Not when I’m finally letting you in…

If you stay…

You see the battles underneath the quiet smiles

And somehow, you still call it beautiful the whole while

You don’t run from all my ruins,

You don’t flinch at every scar…

You just trace them like a map to where you are

And I’m terrified…

But your hand is in mine

So if there’s a future here,

Then I won’t run this time

If you stay…

I’ll give you every part I kept afraid

I’ll let the walls I built fall out of place

I’ll learn to love the mess I made

If you stay…

I’ll open all the doors I locked away

I’ll hold your heart as if it beats the same

Just don’t let go—

Not when I’m finally letting you in…

If you stay…

I’ve never had a love

That didn’t fade in the morning…

But you’re still here,

And I’m still learning

How to believe in something good…

Something good…

If you stay…

I’ll stop pretending I’m not afraid

I’ll take your heart and promise I’ll give grace

We’ll rewrite every line of yesterday

If you stay…

I’ll choose you in the dark and in the day

I’ll hold your hope exactly where it lays

Just don’t let go—

Not when my soul is reaching for yours…

If you stay…