I Still Stay

(~85–90 BPM, Soul/Synth-Ballade) [Intro – whispered / AdLibs]

(Mm…)

You know I never left, right?

I just tried to breathe…

But breathing without you still hurts.

(Still hurts, yeah…)

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You said you needed space, so I built you a sky,

Watched you fade into the clouds, never asked why.

You chase new faces just to feel alive,

but I stayed where your shadow survived.

(Still stayed… I stayed…)

Every word you never send,

cuts deeper than you intend.

I read between the lines again,

your silence screams louder than the pain.

(Ooh-ooh…)

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And I don’t hate you,

but I bleed where I love you.

You said I’m too pure for your pain,

so you drown me in your rain.

(Yeah, drown me in your rain…)

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I’m fading in your silence (oh-oh),

losing faith in what was ours (yeah).

You said I made you feel alive,

but you buried me just to survive.

(Ooh, survive… survive…)

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You told me not to wait,

but my heart don’t understand fate.

You keep your demons close at night,

while I’m the ghost beneath your light.

(Mm-mm, your light…)

You said I was your calm, your peace,

but baby, you don’t wanna heal with me.

You run from love like it’s a crime,

but I still chase the edge of time.

(Still chase… still chase…)

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Maybe love was never fair (never fair),

maybe pain’s the only prayer (only prayer).

You said you’d never go,

but your silence tells me no.

(Yeah-yeah, tells me no…)

And I gave you my first light,

my first touch, my first night.

You said you didn’t deserve it,

but baby, you earned every line.

(Earned every line, yeah…)

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I’m fading in your silence (fade slow…),

every “read” feels like goodbye (goodbye…).

You said I made you feel alive,

but you left me bleeding inside.

(Inside, inside…)

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If this is grace, I’ll fade slow… (fade slow…)

I’ll let you go, even though…

My heart still calls your name in stereo.

(Stereo… stereo…)

Still stay… (still stay…)

Yeah, I still stay… (still stay…)