[Intro]
(piano, gentle strings rising slow)
[Verse 1]
I’ve spent my whole life making sure nobody got too close
Put up walls so high they’d leave before I needed them the most
Learned early that the people that you love eventually go
So I pushed before they could just to manage what I know
I went cold before you had the chance to leave me first
Turned into whatever version of myself was at its worst
Gave you every reason to walk out and find the door
But you stayed standing in the same place you were before
And I don’t know what to do with someone who refuses to go
I’ve never had that, never had somebody stay before
[Hook]
You’re the only one who didn’t go
When I made it so easy to
The only one who looked at all of it
And still chose to see me through
[Verse 2]
I’ve been down so low I didn’t recognize the ground
Dark enough to lose myself and not want to be found
You were there in all of it the nights I wasn’t right
The mornings after every time I picked a fight
I know exactly what I put you through and none of it was easy
But you’re still right here beside me and I still can’t believe it
What kind of person holds on to a man built like me
Through everything I was and never lets go
That’s not something I deserved but it’s everything I needed
More than you’ll ever know
[Bridge]
(stripped back — piano only)
Every person in my life
Found their exit eventually
Parents, teachers, everyone
Had somewhere else to be
But you
You never found that door
Or maybe you found it
And walked back in anyway
I don’t know which one
But I’m grateful every single day
For whatever made you stay
[Chorus]
At my lowest you were still beside me
At my worst you never turned away
When I tried to make you leave
You stayed
When I gave you every reason
You stayed
When I was everything I hate about myself
You stayed
That means everything
That means everything to me
[Verse 3]
I’m building something now the kind of man I always should’ve been
And you’ve been watching all of it you’ve been here from the beginning
Before the brands, before the vision, before everything became real
You saw whatever was inside before I knew what I could feel
And you held it like it mattered like I mattered like I was worth
Something more than what I’d given you
I carry that into everything I build now
Into every morning that I choose to be better than I was yesterday
[Final Bridge]
(strings swell)
I don’t always say it right
Don’t always get the words out when I should
But you know what you are to me
You’ve always known
The one who stayed when everyone else left
The one who made it possible to believe
That maybe not everyone goes
That maybe I was worth staying for
[Outro]
(piano fading)
You stayed
Even when I made it hard
Even when I tried
You stayed
And I’ll spend everything I have
Making sure you never regret it
That’s a promise
That’s everything
