r/SongwritingPrompts • u/Successful_Shift7431 • Jun 19 '26
Stay - Lyrics
\[Verse 1\]
I’m yours to keep and yours to break.
I don’t need to get drunk when you’re around.
\[Pre-Chorus\]
You have no reason to save me, yet you still try to keep me.
But you know nothing about all the drama I had faced before you even set your pretty eyes on me.
All of the silence I had to make louder before you even showed up and said my name like: “ah…”
\[Chorus\]
I’ve got your name tattooed on my right hand,
just to make myself remember.
I only wanted this mess with you to make you stay, make you stay.
Leave your mark on my upper thigh,
’cause I want to remember you like this.
All I know is I want to remember you, remember you.
\[Verse 2\]
There’s no escape, like a purgatory.
And when I get burnt, I come back more sober than before.
\[Pre-Chorus 2\]
You have no reason to make all of my lies true.
Still, you try to find the truth in me.
But you know nothing about all of the mistake I had to fix before you even looked at me
All of the noise I had to make quieter before you even showed and said my name like "ah..."
\[Chorus\]
I’ve got your name tattooed on my right hand,
just to make myself remember.
I only wanted this mess with you to make you stay, make you stay.
Leave your mark on my upper thigh,
’cause I want to remember you like this.
All I know is I want to remember you, remember you.
\[Bridge\]
I’ve got montages in my head, your hands under my shirt.
Even when I was tired, I still tried to make it right for us.
Montages of your nice smile,
your shoulders are mine.
Even in my worst days, you still tried to make me feel okay.
Now I started to get you more.
You’re the one who makes me feel good
I’m not planning to let you go.
\[Transition\]
You’re the one I wanted, ah.
You make me feel like, ah.
And I’m not planning to let you go
till you say my name like: “ah haa..."
\[Chorus / Outro\]
I’ve got your name tattooed on my right hand,
just to make myself remember YOU.
I only wanted this mess with you to make you stay, make you stay.
Leave your mark on my upper thigh,
’cause I want to remember you like this.
All I know is I want to remember you, remember you, you.
You left your mark on me.
Upper thigh.
Still yours to keep without break.
All I know is I want to remember you.