The last song from Obscured By Clouds featuring English lyrics, “Stay” is one of only three songs credited to the Waters/Wright pair.
As the album credits to both in the “Wright, Waters” order, and the lyrics about reflections after a one-night stand echo those of Wright’s previous “Summer ‘68”, it...
[Verse 1]
Stay and help me to end the day
And if you don’t mind
We’ll break a bottle of wine
Stick around and maybe we’ll put one down
'Cause I wanna find what lies behind those eyes
[Chorus]
Midnight blue
Burning gold
A yellow moon
Is growing cold
[Verse 2]
I rise, looking through my morning eyes
Surprised to find you by my side
Rack my brain and try to remember your name
To find the words to tell you good-bye
[Chorus]
Morning dues
Newborn day
Midnight blue
Turned to gray
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Midnight blue
Burning gold
A yellow moon
Is growing cold
Stay was written by Richard Wright & Roger Waters.
Stay was produced by Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd released Stay on Fri Jun 02 1972.
It’s mainly a love song, but in the second verse the protagonist can’t remember the name of the woman he spent the night with, suggesting it’s only a one-night-stand.