[Verse 1]
I watch you drift past the broken wall
Stone under me, morning is slow
Your hand in your pocket, quiet as the rain
Old steps, cold breath, never a glance my way
[Pre-Chorus]
Mud on your boots walking by
Repeating one phrase, the same phrase, I hear every day
[Chorus]
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
(Hold it in the empty air)
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
(Mono chant, soft repeat)
[Verse 2]
We don't talk, but you shoulder the gate
Faint iron rust and green in your hair
I don't ask where you vanish so soon
Just feel the moss when you go
[Pre-Chorus]
Tracks in the wet grass, same shape left behind
Repeating your phrase, over, over, one phrase
[Rap]
Always half seen, sidelong, never a word
I keep the mud lines shaped like you, holding breath
Old sunlight on the knee of your jeans, same every morning
What do you remember? Moss and iron, shapes in the dirt
Remember you, remember you, remember you, remember you
(Stay here, in the silent space we made)
We’re half done, half awake—each day your echo crawls under my door,
of course it’s you, never me, footfalls I wait for
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
I keep it under my tongue, but you don’t see me
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
The phrase repeats and nobody names it
[Bridge]
Low window, cracked with time
You in the yard, the phrase in your mouth
I keep it, I keep it, I keep it like stone
[Chorus]
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
(Hold it, hold it, hold it)
[Solo]
[Instrumental echo, deep sub-bass, long fade]
[Chorus]
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
Stay here, stay here, stay here