You can get me sick or get me down, but just know that you won’t get me out of town
My world is so different from yours
In ways too hard to express with words
Your keys are played more often, but mine created jazz
More likely to end up in coffin or Alcatraz
But when I’m with you
Honey the skies turn blue
And the tides that I ride in my mind subdue
Yes it’s you my dear x3
May your choices reflect your hopes not fears
My love for you roars like the sea
But if I stay you'll end up drowning me
In my mind I am old, but I’m young at heart
The cold world says we’re 9 years apart
When all is said and done
Will you be here, will you be gone?
If you leave now I don’t know if I’ll carry on
All flames start off as an ember
But life without you is something I can’t remember
You make me see my past differently as if the times I spent strumming those strings and pretending to sing were worth something
Yes it’s you my dear x3
May your choices reflect your hopes not fears
My love for you roars like the sea
But if I stay you'll end up drowning me
We met on the bus 48 you said you liked my glasses
Was thinking should I ask this?
Didn’t really think I’d actually get you number
Cuz you were with you friends, I was alone and outnumbered
Plucked up the courage to ask
It was no easy task
I know how lies make you feel
I’m sorry I conceded
My age
You rage was founded when you removed my mask
You heard I was 18, and you were 27
But maybe we were still a match made in heaven
It’s not always true that age determines
Maturity, we spoke German
You grew up in small town called Wasserburg Am Inn
You said you wanted to be official, I said I’m in
We knew nothing was certain
Found ourselves still asserting
All the claims that we claimed
Weren’t any of our yearnings
You said you don’t care about my status or my earnings
So I’ll take you to Malibu cuz you’re my lil boo, we’ll be chillin on the beach sipping Malibu
But you don’t drink or smoke or even have Facebook
Knew I was scared of heights so you said you’d be my brace hook
Said it wouldn’t kill me to say I love you more
But it would honestly kill me if I loved you more
You wanted to stop me from feeling so alone all the time
And you wish that deep down I wasn’t so blue
But these are the ways of mine
I’m just glad I could share this space and time with you
If I Stay was written by Jay Johnson.
If I Stay was produced by Jay Johnson.
Jay Johnson released If I Stay on Fri Jul 24 2020.