Just Stay

Highway lights are fading in the mirror
Another city falling behind
I watch you sleeping on the seat beside me
Your hand still wrapped around mine
We never get the mornings, just the midnights
Borrowed hours between the noise
And all I want is one night with no ending
One room with no checkout time

I wasn't built for someone waiting on me
Never had a place to miss
But somewhere between the stages and the silence
You became the thing I can't resist
I catch myself reaching through the darkness
For the warmth that should be there
And the highway stretches out like something endless
Between your arms and my empty chair

GIVE ME TONIGHT BEFORE TOMORROW TAKES YOU
GIVE ME YOUR HANDS BEFORE THE DAWN
EVERY GOODBYE COULD BE THE LAST ONE
SO HOLD ME LIKE WE'RE ALMOST GONE
GIVE ME THE WORDS YOU KEEP INSIDE YOU
GIVE ME THE TRUTH BEHIND YOUR EYES
IN EVERY LIFE WE'VE LIVED TOGETHER
WE NEVER GET ENOUGH TIME

I memorize the way you breathe
When finally the bus goes quiet
The way your shoulders drop at midnight
When you stop pretending you're alright
Sound check in an empty room
Your voice echoing off the walls
I stand in the wings and watch you
And I'd give up every stage to stop the clock

I never learned to need someone
Spent my whole life running lean
But the space without you in it
Is the coldest place I've been
Every time you walk away from me
Something in my chest goes still
And I count the cities like a prayer
From the bus window on the hill

GIVE ME TONIGHT BEFORE TOMORROW TAKES YOU
GIVE ME YOUR HANDS BEFORE THE DAWN
EVERY GOODBYE COULD BE THE LAST ONE
SO HOLD ME LIKE WE'RE ALMOST GONE
GIVE ME THE WORDS YOU KEEP INSIDE YOU
GIVE ME THE TRUTH BEHIND YOUR EYES
IN EVERY LIFE WE'VE LIVED TOGETHER
WE NEVER GET ENOUGH TIME

Stay — just a little longer
The sun's already coming up
One more hour, that's all I'm asking
One more hour is never enough
We keep finding each other
In the margins of the madness
We keep choosing each other
Through the distance and the sadness
Hold on — hold on —
We're almost out of time

GIVE ME TONIGHT BEFORE TOMORROW TAKES YOU
GIVE ME YOUR HANDS BEFORE THE DAWN
EVERY GOODBYE COULD BE THE LAST ONE
SO HOLD ME LIKE WE'RE ALMOST GONE
GIVE ME THE TRUTH — GIVE ME THE TIME
GIVE ME YOUR HEART NEXT TO MINE
IN EVERY LIFE WE KEEP ON FINDING
WHAT THE WORLD KEEPS TRYING TO LEAVE BEHIND

Just stay... a little longer
Just stay... before the light
In every life I'll find you
In every life... goodnight