Just Stay

I found my fickle friend

Out in the alley way

He said, "You don't look so good"

I said, "Hey doc, that's great"

You started practicing?

I never got the note

So let's shake and trade

And be on our way

So here we are again

Inside your neon shrine

Sharing a chopping block

Under embarrassed light

I try to hide myself

I tuck myself away

And we both grab hold

Say, "No you don't"

The morning's hot and harsh

My notebook fills itself

The words come thick with sweat

But it feels like someone else

Is writing all of this

Someone I just can't believe

So I mop my brow
Set my pen back down
It's still me, still me

I'm grabbing at a feeling now
That I could never name
Some signpost to remind me
How I wanted things this way

She says you're pretty
But you hate yourself
I could hear it clear as day

I say, I sing like this
It sounds worse than it is

I'm okay, okay
I'm okay, okay
Just stay, just stay
Just stay, just stay
Just stay, just stay
Just stay, just stay
Just stay, just stay
Just stay, just stay
Just stay, just stay