[Verse 1]
The heart will pound until the breath is gone
You know what I love, so put me on
When something has badly gone wrong with me
Living's not hard, it's just not easy always keeping the dogs off
[Chorus 1]
Down like the rain
Down like the rain
Coming down like the rain
Coming down
Oh, I wanna be there by your side
'Cause this feels like dying, baby
Let me stay around
Let me stay around
[Verse 2]
You take my heart and my breath is gone
You know what I love, so put me on
Feel a little lightheaded, you know I'd have to be
Believing ain't hard, it's just not easy staying blind to the obvious
[Chorus 2]
Down like the rain
Down like the rain
Coming down like the rain
Coming down
Oh, I wanna be there by your side
'Cause this feels like dying, baby
Let me stay around
Let me stay around
[Coda]
Oh, I wanna be there by your side
'Cause this feels like dying, baby
Let me stay around
Stay was written by Mark Lanegan & Mike Johnson (Bassist).
Stay was produced by Mark Lanegan & Mike Johnson (Bassist).
Mark Lanegan released Stay on Tue Jul 21 1998.
According to Lanegan’s book I Am the Wolf: Lyrics & Writings, the basis for the song came from “put[ting] a tune together by taking a Bee Gees song apart and playing it backwards.”