Tell Me Why You Stay

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