Stay (Far Away, So Close)

Green light, 7-Eleven
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
You don't smoke, don't even want to
Hi sis, check your change
Dressed up like a car crash
The wheels are turning but you're upside down

You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Oh now, is that what it is?

Red lights, grey morning
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
A vampire or a victim?
It depends on who's around

You used to stay to watch the adverts
You could lip-sync to the talk show host

And if you look, you look through me
And if you talk, it's not to me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing

If I could stay, then the night would give you up
Stay, and the day would keep its trust
Stay, and the night would be enough

Far away, so close up with the static and the radio waves
With satellite television you can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast and Berlin

And if you listen I can't call
And if you jump, you just might fall
And if you shout, I'll only hear you

If I could stay then the night would give you up
Stay then the day would keep its trust
If I could stay with the demons you drowned
Stay with the spirit I found
Stay and the night would be enough

Three o'clock in the morning
It's quiet and there's no one around
Just the bang and the clatter as an angel runs to ground
Just the bang and the clatter as an angel hits the ground