Love it stays

Lyrics

[VERSE 1] i picked up the phone thinking i could call i missed your tone i felt so small [BG VOX:] mmm i almost left a message with no idea what to say i carried too much baggage i missed you every day [BG VOX:] every day [PRE-CHORUS] i’ve lost the advice i need lost the truth i know you spoke you might have left us here but you left knowing we were loved [BG VOX:] aah your love outlived the leaving no one can take away love remained after the world let go love it stays [BG VOX:] you are still here somehow [CHORUS] the last time, last time we met we met for the last time you went, i stayed i’m here in this place again so far away [BG VOX:] mmm, aah the last time, last time we met we met for the last time you wanted to stay but that journey had begun so far away [CHOIR BG VOX:] so far away [VERSE 2] the silence and the pain will not go away [BG VOX:] ummmmm i hope it softens a little so i remember all you gave now we have the photographs the letters and the notes your memory, our memories they will always drive our hopes [BG VOX:] drive our hopes [PRE-CHORUS] i’ve lost the advice i need lost the truth i know you spoke you might have left us here but you left knowing we were loved [BG VOX:] aah your love outlived the leaving no one can take away love remained after the world let go love it stays [BG VOX:] you are still here somehow [CHORUS] the last time, last time we met we met for the last time you went, i stayed i paused, you went so far away [BG VOX:] mmm the last time, last time we met we met for the last time you wanted to stay not to be pulled so far away [CHOIR BG VOX:] so far away [BRIDGE | MOSTLY LEAD VOCAL] i still reach for your voice when the room gets too loud i still wait for your answer though i know you’re not around [BG VOX:] ummmmm i carry what you gave me in the quiet, in the ache in the love you left behind you in the strength i try to take [BG VOX:] aah you went where i could not go i stayed where you had been and every day without you is a place i’m learning in [BG VOX:] mmm you are not now far away not as far as you have been you are here in what you gave me you are here with me [CHOIR BG VOX:] here with me [FINAL CHORUS | SOFT, THEN GENTLY FULLER] the last time, last time we met we met for the last time you went, i stayed i paused, you went so far away [BG VOX:] mmm, aah the last time, last time we met we met for the last time you wanted to stay but that journey had begun so far away [CHOIR BG VOX:] so far away the last time, last time we met we met for the last time i’m here, you’re gone but the love you gave lives on [BG VOX:] you are still here somehow you are not now far away you are here with me [CHOIR BG VOX:] here with me [OUTRO] your love outlived the leaving no one can take away [BG VOX:] ummmmm love remained after the world let go love it stays [BG VOX:] love it stays