Stay Even When You Run

You say you’re better off alone again,

Building walls so high, I can’t get in.

Every time I reach, you disappear,

Leaving echoes of what we could’ve been.

I see the fear behind your calm disguise,

You flinch from love, but don’t know why.

You think I’ll leave like the rest before,

But I’m still standing at your door.

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And I know, your heart’s been bruised,

You don’t trust what you could lose.

But every time you run away,

I just want you to stay.

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Why do you push me when I try to stay?

I’m not the storm that took your faith away.

You keep your heart locked, I’ve got the key—

But you don’t believe in people like me.

So I’ll love you through your highs and lows,

Even if you’ll never let me close.

I’ll wait through the fire, through the rain,

If only you’d stay when you run again.

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You laugh, but your eyes are miles away,

I can feel the things you’ll never say.

You crave connection, then you hide,

A prisoner of your own fragile pride.

I’m not here to change your scars,

Just to hold you where you are.

But every time I try to prove my truth,

You vanish like the morning dew.

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And I know, love feels unsafe,

You’re just protecting your escape.

But every wall you build so high,

I’m still reaching for your sky.

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Why do you push me when I try to stay?

I’m not the storm that took your faith away.

You keep your heart locked, I’ve got the key—

But you don’t believe in people like me.

So I’ll love you through your highs and lows,

Even if you’ll never let me close.

I’ll wait through the fire, through the rain,

If only you’d stay when you run again.

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[Bridge] (soft, emotional vocal break)

Maybe one day you’ll see,

Love isn’t meant to make you bleed.

I was never here to fix what’s gone,

Just to show you, you were loved all along.

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I’ll still be here when the lights go down,

When you’re too afraid to make a sound.

You push, I pull — it’s all we’ve known,

But you’ll never face this world alone.

So if you need to run, I’ll understand,

But my heart will wait where yours began.

Through all your fears, through all the pain,

I’ll stay — even when you run again.