Tell Me What Stays

Verse 1

I keep having the same talk with myself

In the car with the radio low

Everybody says love is simple

But nobody ever shows me how it goes

I see couples laughing in grocery aisles

Like they figured something out

I just stare at my phone in the parking lot

Waiting on a name I won’t call now

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need a promise

I need to understand

Chorus

Tell me what stays when the feeling is gone

When you don’t wake up wanting to try

Tell me what love looks like at 3AM

When nobody’s putting on a smile

I don’t want another word for heartbreak

I don’t want another goodbye

Tell me what stays

When love stops making sense in my life

Verse 2

I’ve been replaying old conversations

Like maybe I missed a line

There’s a jacket you left in my back seat

I don’t know why I still keep it inside

People say you move on in chapters

But mine just loop around

Every time I think I’m getting somewhere

I’m back in the same old town

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need advice

I need the truth

Chorus

Tell me what stays when the feeling is gone

When you don’t know who you are with

Tell me what love sounds like in the dark

When silence is all you get

I don’t want another empty answer

I don’t want another sign

Tell me what stays

When love stops making sense in my life

Bridge

If love is more than chemistry

Then why does it disappear

Why do we talk about forever

Like it’s not already leaving here

Final Chorus

Tell me what stays when the spark is dead

When you’re tired of being brave

Tell me what love really means

When nobody’s trying to be saved

I don’t want another story

I just want one thing that’s right

Tell me what stays

When love stops making sense in my life