Stay Anyway

[Verse 1]
You’re late again
Smell of someone’s perfume on your jacket
Say my name
Like a promise you already cracked
I make coffee
Hands shaking while I stir the past
Ask you nothing
’Cause I’m scared of what I’ll ask
[Chorus]
You break me
I stay anyway
Hold you while my heart gives way
Every “I’m sorry” that you say
Cuts a little deeper
But I stay anyway
I stay anyway
[Verse 2]
We laugh too loud
Over stupid shows at 2 a.m
You kiss my forehead
Like you never meant to hurt me then (oh)
Your phone lights up
You flip it over
Say it’s nothing
I look away
Tell myself I must be overthinking
[Chorus]
You break me
I stay anyway
Hold you while my heart gives way
Every “I’m sorry” that you say
Cuts a little deeper
But I stay anyway
I stay anyway
[Bridge]
All my friends say “baby
Run”
But I confuse your chaos for love
Trade my peace for one more night
One more lie that almost feels right
Who am I
If I don’t choose
To finally choose myself over you?
[Chorus]
You break me
I stay anyway
Hold you while my heart gives way
Every “I’m sorry” that you say
Cuts a little deeper
But I stay anyway
You break me
I fade to gray
Hold on till there’s nothing left to save
Every “I love you” sounds the same
It’s the final wound when I
Walk away too late
(I stayed anyway)

rock, Moody alternative rock ballad with female vocals; clean arpeggiated guitars in the verses that swell into crunchy power chords on the chorus. Warm, melodic bass and roomy, live drums that shift from restrained to explosive. Vocal starts intimate and close-mic’d, then rises into raw, belted hooks with stacked harmonies on the last chorus. Reverb-soaked lead guitar answers vocal lines, final outro fades on a single repeating phrase., sad, romantic