Tell Me Why You Stay
ZN Rock
I know I'm hard to live with, I know I disappear
I go quiet for a week and leave you sitting here
And you never ask the questions that you know I'd never face
You just sit there in the quiet and you fill up all the space
I've got nothing left to offer and I've shown you all my worst
And you're standing in the kitchen and you're putting me first
I don't know how you do it
I don't know how you stay
I never learned to ask for it
You give it anyway
Why do you stay
When I've given you a hundred reasons to walk away
I've been a closed door and a long gray day
And still you stay
I know I never earned it
And I don't know how to say
That the only thing that saved me
Was the day you chose to stay
I know the version of this story where you finally walk out
Where you got tired of the silence and you left me with the doubt
But I open up my eyes and every time you're standing near
And you've got no reason left to and you're still here
So if you ever need to know what kept me on my feet
It was you across the table when I couldn't eat
I don't know how you do it
I don't know how you stay
I never learned to ask for it
You give it anyway
Why do you stay
When I've given you a hundred reasons to walk away
I've been a closed door and a long gray day
And still you stay
I know I never earned it
And I don't know how to say
That the only thing that saved me
Was the day you chose to stay
I should have said it years ago
I should have said it right
I let a hundred chances pass
On a hundred quiet nights
So here it is, no music
No excuse and no goodbye
I'm saying it tonight
Why do you stay
When I gave you every reason in the world to walk away
I was a closed door and a long gray day
And still you stayed
I know I never earned it
But I finally learned to say
That the only thing that saved me
Was the day you chose to stay
The day you chose to stay
Still you stay
(I don't know why)
Still you stay
(I don't know why)
And I'm glad you did