Stray talks about the struggle of songwriting, but also of growing up without knowing what awaits you at the end of the path, when nostalgia keeps getting stronger and stronger.
Grace wrote about this song : “Stray is close to me, not only because it’s the restart of my continuing path, but because...
[Verse 1]
I wanna write a song
One that can explain my lungs
I wanna write a song
That you can hear and
Know how my heart yearns
And how my insides churn
And how my cheeks burn
From the weekly storm
And how my face turns
Before you return to the wall
And then down the floor
[Chorus]
I keep only seeing rain
I will say no
But you keep crawling in my brain
I wanna get lost, run away
In the dark is where I'll stray
[Verse 2]
I gotta write a song
But I wanna feel my words
And I keep getting it all wrong
Think it out, write it out, rip it out
Start all over, ooh
[Chorus]
And I keep only seeing rain
I will say no
But you keep crawling in my brain
I wanna get lost, run away
In the dark is where I'll...
[Bridge]
I wanna feel the way I used to
I wanna move the way I used to groove
I wanna feel the way I used to
I wanna move the way I used to groove
[Chorus]
But I keep only seeing rain
I keep saying no
But you find your way into my brain
I wanna get lost, run away
In the dark is where I
I keep only seeing rain
I will say no
But you keep crawling in my brain
I wanna get lost, run away
In the dark is where I'll stray
[Outro]
I wanna feel the way I used to
I wanna move the way I used to groove
I wanna feel the way I used to
I wanna feel the way I used to
Stray was written by Grace VanderWaal.
Stray was produced by Greg Wells.
Grace VanderWaal released Stray on Fri Feb 22 2019.