You're running with that crowd of yours
The same one that knocked you down
Why can't you stay
Even with those bruises on your heart
You're still a work of art
Why can't you stay
I've been tumbling through these thoughts of mine
Climbing up on trees
But now I can't climb down
I'm feeling lost, I can't complain
At least I still can feel the same
And I never wanna be the one to to tell you how to feel
It's a little complicated when not everything is real
Why can't you stay
You've got so much more to give and not conceal
You're not a copy, not an image, you're just real
It's written on your face
You don't wanna leave this place
Why can't you stay
And they're ripping you apart in unison
Cause you're a painting, not a jigsaw to fit in
You tell me that it's complicated
But you're everything they hate
Why can't you stay
Stay
Stay
Stay~ ay, ay
Why can't you stay
I know you're telling me you're fine
That I should just climb down and stop
I'll stay right here
Cause up above the trees
I gaze through the haze
That made us lose our ways
I'll stay right here
But when the world around you is anything but genuine
It's hard to feel at home
That's why I'm asking you to stay
To prove to you you're not alone
I may overstep but let me set the pieces into place
Every day and all my life I've seen good people go to waste
I'll stay right here
You've got so much more to give and not conceal
You're not a copy, not an image, you're just real
It's written on your face
You don't wanna leave this place
Why can't you stay
And they're ripping you apart in unison
Cause you're a painting, not a jigsaw to fit in
You tell me that it's complicated
But you're everything they hate
Why can't you stay
Woaah
It's kind of sad that this world's so paper thin
And I'm aware that I don't know everything
But I know that you ain't 'one of them'
Every time I reach across the air
The branch below me snaps and leaves me hanging there
So I know I may be wrong
And I should probably stop the song
But you don't have to go along
Because bygones will be bygones
Why can't you stay
You've got so much more to give and not conceal
You're not a copy, not an image, you're just real
It's written on your face
You don't wanna leave this place
Why can't you stay
And they're ripping you apart in unison
Cause you're a painting, not a jigsaw to fit in
You tell me that it's complicated
But you're everything they hate
Why can't you stay