Stay A Little Longer

[VERSE 1]
Here are a few words laid out on a page,
I don’t know if they can bring you back to me.
But it’s all I want for us, at any age,
It’s all I can offer honestly.

I put what we lived inside a single star,
It shines in blue, the way my feelings stay.
When missing me pulls at you from afar,
Call me through that light, and I’ll find my way.

[PRE-CHORUS]
And hold me in your arms, the way you said you would,
When two of us lean toward one shared view.
Stay a little longer like I wish you could,
Stay a little longer let me love you too.

And it’s not enough that we breathe the same sky,
Missing you alone can’t fill what’s there.
Stay a little longer please don’t ask me why,
Stay a little longer this is all my prayer.

[CHORUS]
You know it isn’t easy,
Waiting isn’t fair.
You’re the empty place I carry,
Like you’re always there.

It isn’t fair to teach me
How love can feel so real,
Then turn and leave me standing
With nothing left to heal.

And it’s not enough that we breathe the same sky,
Missing you alone can’t fill what’s there.
Stay a little longer please don’t ask me why,
I want us to keep loving till we’re old and gray.

[VERSE 2]
Here are the memories that still can sting,
We lost our way too easy, you and me.
Time keeps moving on like clouds that drift and swing,
And I’m still where you used to be.

Our sky tastes sweet and bitter in the same breath,
But what we had doesn’t visit everyone.
If you come back, say you won’t turn left,
Say you’ll stay with me until the day is done.

[PRE-CHORUS]
And hold me in your arms, the way you said you would,
When two of us lean toward one shared view.
Stay a little longer like I wish you could,
Stay a little longer let me love you too.

And it’s not enough that we breathe the same sky,
Missing you alone can’t fill what’s there.
Stay a little longer please don’t ask me why,
Stay a little longer this is all my prayer.

[CHORUS]
You know it isn’t easy,
Waiting isn’t fair.
You’re the empty place I carry,
Like you’re always there.

It isn’t fair to teach me
How love can feel so real,
Then turn and leave me standing
With nothing left to heal.

And it’s not enough that we breathe the same sky,
Missing you alone can’t fill what’s there.
Stay a little longer please don’t ask me why,
I want us to keep loving till we’re old and gray.

[OUTRO]
Till we’re old and gray,
Till we’re old and gray.