Done Trying To Stay

[Verse 1]
We were barefoot in the kitchen
Burnt toast at 2 a.m.
Coffee cups and crooked pictures
Swearing we were more than friends
You were tracing little circles
On my sleeve to stay awake
We were laughing, talking all night
Like the sunrise wouldn’t wait
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the bed feels like a canyon
I sleep on my side of the pain
You’re one room over, lights still on
But it’s like you moved away
[Chorus]
My heart’s broken from falling out of love
It didn’t shatter, it just slipped right through the cracks
Guess we ran out of the “almost” and the “enough”
Too tired to fix what we can’t get back
I don’t care enough to try anymore
And that’s the part that cuts me like a blade
It’s hard staying when my hand’s on the door
Done trying to stay in a love that won’t stay
[Verse 2]
Every joke just lands in silence
Every touch feels halfway gone
We keep talking ‘bout the weather
Skip the part where we went wrong
I remember how you’d hold me
Like the world was gonna end
Now we’re scrolling different pages
Sitting right here, playing “pretend”
[Pre-Chorus]
We keep waiting for a feeling
That packed up and drove away
Two ghosts in our Sunday kitchen
Pouring coffee, nothing to say
[Chorus]
My heart’s broken from falling out of love
It didn’t shatter, it just slipped right through the cracks
Guess we ran out of the “almost” and the “enough”
Too tired to fix what we can’t get back
I don’t care enough to try anymore
And that’s the part that cuts me like a blade
It’s hard staying when my hand’s on the door
Done trying to stay in a love that won’t stay
[Bridge]
Maybe this is mercy
Maybe this is wrong
Leaving all those midnight stories
In the quiet of this song (oh-oh)
[Chorus]
My heart’s broken from falling out of love
It didn’t shatter, it just slipped right through the cracks
Guess we ran out of the “almost” and the “enough”
Too tired to fix what we can’t get back
I don’t care enough to try anymore
But I’ll always miss those talking-all-night days
It’s hard staying when my hand’s on the door
Done trying to stay
In a love that won’t stay

country, Warm contemporary country ballad with male vocals; brushed drums and gentle fingerpicked acoustic guitar set an intimate mood, soft pedal steel sneaks in on pre-chorus and blooms in the chorus. Verses stay close and conversational; chorus lifts with stacked harmonies and a steady kick. Subtle organ pad in the bridge, final chorus drops to voice and guitar for the first half then band swells back in for a bittersweet, open ending.