Please don't go

Not everyone got to stay for love. Sometimes leaving is the only way to stop things getting worse --------------------- Please don’t go Please say something Just hold me close A little longer Please don’t go Hold my hand Please don’t go Please don’t go I was too young to know the difference Between goodbye and coming home You held me gently in that old chair Asked me where I wanted to go Mommy, I didn’t have an answer I didn’t understand a thing I only knew your arms around me And how I wanted you with me I didn’t know what you were running from I only knew you had to leave And every room felt different after Like something missing underneath Please don’t go Stay a little longer Please don’t go I don’t need an answer I just want you here tonight I just want to hold you tight Even if the morning comes Even if you have to run Please don’t go Please don’t go You came when everybody was sleeping A bicycle beneath the moon Quiet footsteps outside my doorway Knowing you would leave too soon Another year, another night You’d hold me close and say, “I’ll fight” You had so little of your own Still saved it all to help me grow And I grew old enough to understand Love isn’t always getting to stay Sometimes leaving is the only door When staying takes your life away Please don’t go Stay a little longer Please don’t go I know now why you couldn’t But the child inside of me Still waits beside that empty seat Still hears your bicycle at night Still wants one more goodbye Please don’t go Please don’t go Years later I would say it all again Different hands, a different end We had promises, we had plans A whole tomorrow in our hands How could everything we talked about Become something we live without? I broke where nobody knew my name And all I wanted was— Stay Please stay Don’t go Please don’t go I’ve said it all my life To the people that I love When love could not make staying right But I know now Love does not disappear There are people we keep loving Even when they’re no longer here And maybe that is why I’m still saying— Please don’t go Hold my hand Just for a moment You don’t have to promise me Forever Please don’t go She never stopped loving you Please don’t go She never wanted to leave you Stay with me You were always there in her heart Please don’t go Some love never lets you go Please don’t go She is still a part of you Please don’t go She never stopped loving you Please… She’s still with you