Please stay
Lyrics
the flowers pushing through the grass get flattened by the feet that pass icicle lit by the sun by the same sun is undone the melodies you've yet to sing get washed away by lesser things the tender arms around you wrapped could hold you tight or hold you back so although it hurts me so to think that someday you could go i could never simply say please stay there's no other place i know no person who appeals so you promise like a flower seed remind me of what i could need your words rain down a soft refrain but fall against my window pane you're brighter than the burning sun you melt my heart away it runs your arms could briefly trap me here but conquering is out my dear and so from me you'll never hear please stay you know when spring is in the air winter is already there the season gone will come again the world will turn around again but i grow tired of wondering when divining how we'll feel by then carve our names into a tree they get cut down so easily you know it might not be so bad to give up what you never had and never be the one to say please stay
Music
Chords
verse:
C major, D major, Bb major 7, G major x 2
C major, D major, Bb major 7, C major x 1
bridge:
F major 7, A minor x 3
Bb major 7, G major x 1
outtro:
C major, D major, G major, C major
Structure
a-a-b-a-c
Author's Notes
this is the result of an idea my bandmate had that we should write a go away please stay song separately and then try to piece them together. this is just my half. i think the words are a little unwieldy and reflect that i've been reading a lot of young adult fiction. also the middle section is sort of weird, and the vocals over it are even weirder/stupid words. plus the last verse rips off starlister.
i'm thinking of adding oohs over the verses, or maybe slower words instead of oohs. i want to add more instruments but i kind of want this to be a rock song. rock is hard. haha! urg. i also was up til 3AM writing this.
Sara 11:30, 16 December 2006 (PST): i scrapped the middle section and wrote a shorter, vocal-free bridge that just basically gives you a break from the verses. i also reworked it for guitar so it is (theoretically) less boring. i have not recorded the new version yet.
Sara 10:45, 18 December 2006 (PST): new version is online now. i recorded this after the company holiday party. will probably redo it again at some point with sober guitars. merry christmas!
