I Tried to Stay

I folded every broken dream

Into the silence in between

You looked away, I held on tight

Trying to save another night

I learned the language of your pain

Danced through every storm and rain

I gave my heart without a wall

But love can't rise when one won't fall

Tell me where the light went hiding

When did we become goodbye?

I was still believing in us

Even while you watched it die

I tried to stay, I really did

Holding on to everything we lived

Every tear was calling out your name

But love and hurt became the same

I broke a little every day

Still hoping you'd find one more reason to stay

I gave my forever, you walked away

I tried to stay

The echoes still know every word

Promises the night once heard

Your shadow lingers in this room

Like flowers trying not to bloom

If loving you was all I knew

Then losing you became my truth

Now every memory fades to gray

Like sunrise hiding from the day

Maybe someday you'll remember

How my heart refused to leave

I was fighting for tomorrow

While you stopped believing me

I tried to stay, I really did**

Holding on to everything we lived

Every tear was calling out your name

But love and hurt became the same

I broke a little every day

Still hoping you'd find one more reason to stay

I gave my forever, you walked away...

I tried to stay

Now the stars don't shine the way they used to

The moon still knows the tears I've cried

If love means letting go with grace

Then I'll leave my heart behind

Though every scar still whispers your name

I'll learn to breathe beyond the pain

Some stories end before they're through

But every beat still belongs to you

I tried to stay, with all I had**

Through every memory, every dream we had

I carried hope until it disappeared

Smiling through a thousand fears

Now I'm walking toward the dawn

Even if my favorite love is gone

You'll always be the song I couldn't save

But I survived the waves

I tried to stay

When every reason said goodbye

I tried to stay

But some hearts can only love from far away

If you ever hear the wind call my name

Know I loved you just the same

Not because you asked me to—

Because my heart was always true

**I tried to stay

I really tried