[Intro]
Don't promise me anything.
Not tonight.
Just stay
until we forget
tomorrow even exists.
[Verse 1]
You walked in with that look
like the day had been too long,
dropped your bag beside the doorway
and sat down without a word.
You didn't say much.
Neither did I.
Some people make the silence
feel like somewhere you can hide.
You're one of them.
You told me something stupid
that happened on your way back home,
I laughed harder than I should've
just to watch you let it go.
And I thought:
this is dangerous.
'Cause I'm starting to love
the part of us
we never planned at all.
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna ask you
what happens after this.
Some questions change the things
that were already working
just the way they were.
[Chorus]
IF YOU STAY,
STAY WITHOUT A PROMISE.
DON'T GIVE ME FOREVER.
DON'T SWEAR THAT EVERYTHING
WILL TURN OUT RIGHT.
IF YOU STAY,
STAY THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN STAYING.
WITH YOUR HAND RIGHT NEXT TO MINE
AND THAT WAY
YOU MAKE THE HOURS DISAPPEAR.
I don't need to know
how long this lasts.
I only know
that when you're here...
I'm never in a hurry
to be anywhere else.
[Verse 2]
I like the way we argue
over things that don't mean much,
then five minutes later
you ask what I want for dinner.
Like nothing happened.
Like you understand
some fights don't need an answer,
just a little time
and something warm on the table.
I like that you know me
without trying to repair me.
That you know when I need to talk
and when I only need
to know you're not leaving.
It doesn't sound like much.
But it is.
Some people say a thousand things
and never make you feel this safe.
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna give this
some enormous name.
I like it here.
Where there's still enough space
for us to surprise each other.
[Chorus]
IF YOU STAY,
STAY WITHOUT A PROMISE.
DON'T GIVE ME FOREVER.
DON'T SWEAR THAT EVERYTHING
WILL TURN OUT RIGHT.
IF YOU STAY,
STAY THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN STAYING.
WITH YOUR HAND RIGHT NEXT TO MINE
AND THAT WAY
YOU MAKE THE HOURS DISAPPEAR.
I don't need to know
how long this lasts.
I only know
that when you're here...
I'm never in a hurry
to be anywhere else.
[Verse 3]
Sometimes I watch you sleeping
and I'm scared to say the truth.
Not because I think you'll leave me.
Because now I know
how much it'd hurt if you did.
And that changes everything.
When somebody starts to matter,
suddenly there are risks
where there used to just be moments.
Maybe that's part of loving.
Leaving the door unlocked
while knowing perfectly well
one day somebody
could close it from the other side.
And still...
opening it.
[Bridge]
[Piano and voice]
If one day you leave,
I don't wanna tell myself
that this was all a mistake.
I'd rather have something real
for a little while
than spend years
never feeling anything like it.
[Drums entering]
But if you don't leave...
if tomorrow you're still here...
[Guitars building]
I won't ask you why.
[Final Chorus]
IF YOU STAY,
STAY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO.
NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE SCARED
OF BREAKING ME.
NOT BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING
WE SAID YESTERDAY.
IF YOU STAY,
I'M GONNA STAY HERE TOO.
I CAN'T PROMISE IT'LL BE EASY,
BUT I PROMISE
I WON'T HIDE FROM YOU.
I don't need to know
how long this lasts.
Some things break
when you measure them too much.
If you stay...
stay right here.
Right now.
With me.
That's enough.
[Outro]
Tomorrow we can ask questions.
Tonight...
don't.
