Reasons To Stick Around

[Verse 1]
You say
"They’re all idiots
Talking trash
Scrolling past
Same joke"
You stare at the ceiling
Ask
"What’s the point?" like it’s all a bad joke
You hate every movie
Every song
Every crowded room
But somehow you’re honest
In a world that got used to costume
[Chorus]
Stay for the ones who can’t say what you say
Who choke on the truth that you spit every day
Stay for the kid who will hear you someday
And think
"So I’m not broken this way"
Stay for the questions no one’s asked yet
For all the small miracles you haven’t met
You don’t have to love it
Just don’t leave it yet
[Verse 2]
You see through the slogans
You catch lies like they’re written in red
You call out the bullshit
Then wonder why you’re stuck in your head
But that same sharp vision
Could cut paths where the ground’s worn thin
Turn all that disgust into
"Let’s never do this again"
[Chorus]
Stay for the ones who can’t say what you say
Who choke on the truth that you spit every day
Stay for the kid who will hear you someday
And think
"So I’m not broken this way"
Stay for the questions no one’s asked yet
For all the small miracles you haven’t met
You don’t have to love it
Just don’t leave it yet
[Bridge]
Maybe you’ll plant one rude little seed (yeah)
Of "this could be better than what we agreed"
Maybe you’ll teach someone how not to fake
Or laugh in the face of a terrible take
Stay for the moments that don’t even feel good
Just… less bad than you thought they would
Stay ’cause your mind is a rare kind of bright
That might be the match in somebody’s night (oh)
[Chorus]
Stay for the ones who can’t say what you say
Who choke on the truth that you spit every day
Stay for the kid who will hear you someday
And think
"So I’m not broken this way"
Stay for the questions no one’s asked yet
For all the strange people you haven’t met
You don’t have to like it
But you’re not done yet

Indie pop ballad over warm piano and subtle drums; male vocals with close-mic intimacy at first, building into a wide, hopeful chorus with airy pads and soft bass; second chorus adds gentle gang vocals and tambourine for lift, ending on a quiet, lingering piano chord