Stayaway
MUNA * Track #3 On Saves the World
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Stayaway by MUNA
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MUNA creates the break-up edition of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie with “Stayaway”, the third pre-release single and third track of their second studio album, Saves the World.
The song is a self-aware warning against the temptations of romantic relapse—as the singer discovers the difficulty of commi...
Stayaway Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If I see my old friends, we'll go out dancing
If we go out dancing, then we’ll go to the bar
If we go to the bar, then there's gonna be drinking
If I drink, I wanna see where you are
So I don't see my old friends, I don’t go dancing
I don't do most things I used to do
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it
I did most things to get to you
[Chorus]
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
I gotta stay away
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what's hard
I gotta stay away
[Post-Chorus]
Stay away, stay, stay away
Stay away, stay, stay away
[Verse 2]
If I go driving, then I'll put on music
If I put on music, then I'll play your song
If I play your song, then I think I'll lose it
End up pulled up at the front of your lawn
So I don't go driving, no, I just stay in
I don’t do most things I used to do
’Cause every moment is a fork in the road
And all my roads lead back to you (You, you, you)
[Chorus]
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
I gotta stay away
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what's hard
I gotta stay away
[Post-Chorus]
Stay away, stay, stay away
Stay away, stay, stay away
[Bridge]
If I turn off the light, then I might start thinking
If I start thinking, I’ll think of the time when
You said that you love me, you said I was perfect
You said you were sorry, you said you were selfish
If I don't stop it, before I know it
All the bad things never happened
You never lied or treated me bad and
If you did, then you'll wish you hadn't
Start believing you were right and
I was being too dramatic
So I gotta leave the light on for tonight
Just so I can stay away
[Chorus]
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
I gotta stay away
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what’s hard
I gotta stay away
Any little misstep, I'll be at your doorstep
Talking 'bout forgiveness, giving you my heart back
Just so you can break it one more time before I say
I gotta stay away
[Outro]
Stay away, stay, stay away
Stay away, stay, stay away
Stay away, stay away
Stay away, stay, stay away
Stayaway Q&A
Who wrote Stayaway's ?
Stayaway was written by MUNA.
What did MUNA say about "Stayaway"?
In a tweet announcing the release of the track and its accompanying music video, MUNA shared a note about the meaning behind the song:
[It’s] a song about trying to rid yourself of a negative pattern and realising that it requires you to make a whole network of other changes, like pulling at a smal...
Is there a live performance of this song?
Yes! MUNA performed “Stayaway,” as well as “Silk Chiffon” and “Loose Garment,” as part of their NPR Tiny Desk Concert: