Maybe I Stayed

[Intro — quiet, reflective]
Yeah…
Maybe I knew better…
I just didn’t wanna leave.

[Verse 1]
You used to say my name real soft
Like it meant something more
Now every word between us
Feels heavier than before

I used to wait up for you
Watching headlights pass the street
Hoping one of them was you
Coming back to me

But hope can turn to habit
And habit turns to pain
Loving you got comfortable
Even when it changed

[Pre-Chorus]
I told myself you’d grow
I told myself you’d see
But every promise you made
Was just another maybe

[Chorus]
Maybe I stayed too long
Maybe I held on tight
Maybe I knew something
Wasn’t feeling right

Maybe I loved the memory
More than the truth you gave
Maybe the hardest part
Is knowing I stayed

Maybe I stayed
When I should’ve walked away

[Verse 2]
You said you needed time
Said life was complicated
But every time I needed you
Your love felt calculated

You kept me close enough
So I wouldn’t leave your side
But far enough away
That you didn’t have to try

And I kept believing
Things would change with time
But time just showed me clearly
You were never really mine

[Pre-Chorus]
I tried to read your heart
Like a line I misunderstood
I thought if I loved you better
Maybe you would

[Chorus]
Maybe I stayed too long
Maybe I held on tight
Maybe I knew something
Wasn’t feeling right

Maybe I loved the memory
More than the truth you gave
Maybe the hardest part
Is knowing I stayed

[Bridge — emotional peak]
Now I replay the nights
Where I should’ve said goodbye
Every red flag waving
Right in front of my eyes

But love makes excuses
For things it shouldn’t take
And sometimes the lesson
Comes after the heartbreak

[Final Chorus]
Maybe I stayed too long
Maybe I tried too hard
Maybe loving you
Left too many scars

Maybe I deserved better
From the love I gave
Maybe the truth is…
I should’ve never stayed

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)