Lyric

Hey

You made it through today

You don't have to be okay

I'm not going anywhere

I said "I'm fine"

Like a broken song

Smiled at the door

Then walked home alone

Nobody knew

I was holding my breath

Counting the hours

Till I could rest

They said "hang in there"

"You can call me sometime"

But I never called

And I ran every time

'Cause what I needed

Was so small

Somebody to notice

I was about to fall

Not "be strong"

Not "let it go"

Just "you're trying"

"I know, I know"

Not advice

Not a cure

Just "we'll work it out"

"Me and you"

Stay

Just a little while

You don't have to be strong

You don't have to smile

Stay

We can take it slow

Say "let's think it through"

And don't let go

Stay

I'm right here

Through the tears

You did more than you know

Even if it's small

Stay, don't let go

Stay through it all

I got good at "goodbye"

I left before the light

Turned my phone face down

And called it a night

Every time it got real

I found the door

I said "I'm okay"

Like a hundred times before

But the truth is

I wanted to be caught

Someone to take my hand

And say "you're not lost"

Not to carry me

Not to lead

Just to sit right here

And stay with me

Not "be strong"

Not "let it go"

Just "you're trying"

"I know, I know"

Not advice

Not a cure

Just "we'll work it out"

"Me and you"

Stay

Just a little while

You don't have to be strong

You don't have to smile

Stay

We can take it slow

Say "let's think it through"

And don't let go

Stay

I'm right here

Through the tears

You did more than you know

Even if it's small

Stay, don't let go

Stay through it all

Look at me now

Still here somehow

I made it through

I don't know how

And that voice I wanted

All those years

Was quiet inside me

Under the fear

So I say it out loud

To the kid in me

"You're doing okay"

"You can breathe"

No one has to fix it

No one has to know

I'll hold my own hand

And I won't let go

When I want to run

I'll stay one more day

When the night gets long

I'll be the one who stays

Every time I fell

I got back up slow

That counts as brave

And now I know

Stay

Just a little while

You don't have to be strong

You don't have to smile

Stay

We can take it slow

Say "let's think it through"

And don't let go

Stay

I'm right here

Through the tears

You did more than you know

Even if it's small

Stay, don't let go

Stay through it all

Here we are

Still breathing

Here we are

Still trying

It's enough

It's okay

Tell me now

Can you stay

No more running

I'm right here

Everything you carried

I can hear

Take my hand

It's alright

You don't have to hold it

All tonight

Stay

Just stay