“Stay” was written a few weeks after “Play Me Like A Violin”, as part of Stephen’s striking return to music after a recovery from Lyme Disease.
He and Lindsey Cook, whose voice is sampled in the song, first met in a coffee shop, and immediately fell in love. One night as the two were in the kitchen...
[Verse 1: Stephen & Lindsey Cook]
All I wanna do is stay
Here's a little light of mine
That I would never dare to find
If you and I didn't collide
All I wanna do is stay
You've taken me by surprise
You brought me back to life
You didn't even have to try
All I wanna do is stay
[Pre-Chorus: Stephen]
Yeah, I'm flying away to the birds in LA, and I won't be back
But I promise to you that the miles in between us
[Chorus: Stephen]
Will never change the nights we stayed up
We felt our pain turn into love
A million days couldn't be enough
So I can't stay, stay
[Post-Chorus: Lindsey Cook]
All I wanna do is stay
All I wanna do is stay
[Verse 2: Stephen & Lindsey Cook]
All I wanna do is stay
Every time I say goodbye
Missing you is hard to hide
But, baby, it's worth the prize
All I wanna do is stay
With confidence in your eyes
You've taken off my disguise
I'll never leave that behind
All I wanna do is stay
[Pre-Chorus: Stephen]
Yeah, I'm flying away to the birds in LA, and it hurts so bad
But I promise to you that the miles in between us
[Chorus: Stephen]
Will never change the nights we stayed up
We felt our pain turn into love
A million days couldn't be enough
So I can't stay, stay
[Post-Chorus: Lindsey Cook]
All I wanna do is stay
All I wanna do is stay
[Bridge: Stephen & Lindsey Cook]
I wish that I could stay
Stop counting down the days
How bittersweet to say
I wish that I could stay
All I wanna do is stay
All I wanna do is stay
[Chorus: Stephen]
But nothing will never change the nights we stayed up
We felt our pain turn into love
A million days couldn't be enough
So I can stay, stay
[Post-Chorus: Lindsey Cook]
All I wanna do is stay
All I wanna do is stay
All I wanna do is stay
Stay was written by Stephen & Lindsey Cook.
Stay was produced by Stephen.
Stephen wrote on YouTube
‘Stay’ was written a few weeks [after ‘Play Me Like a Violin’]. I met Lindsey in a coffee shop. We kinda fell in love at first sight. We went out that night, and spent almost every day after that together. I was living with my parents in Virginia at the time, but we both kn...