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Older (and Wiser) · Album · 2025

Staying

Lyrics of Staying by Lizzy McAlpine

Verse

Whisper to me, baby

I′m too far gone to care

I wish I coulda said what I meant when it was right there

Now I'm laying in bed with you

And you′re fallin' asleep

How can you look so peaceful

When you know I'm gonna leave?

Chorus

What happens when you love me dry?

I give myself to help you get by

I keep on lyin′ and sweatin′ at night

Hold me until someone sends me a sign

Mm-mm, mm, mm-mm, mm-mm

Verse

Maybe I would be okay if I let this go forever

Send it into space and watch the planets turn

Maybe I will, someday, let this go forever

Hold me until I find the nerve (oh, oh-oh, oh)

Outro

(Whoa-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh)

(Whoa, oh-oh)

(Oh, oh, oh)

(Whoa, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)

Writer(s): Ethan Gruska, Jeremy Most, Lizzy McAlpine, Mason Stoops, Olivia Barton, Ryan Lerman, Taylor Mackall

Producer(s): Jeremy Most, Lizzy McAlpine, Mason Stoops, Ryan Lerman, Taylor Mackall, Tony Berg

Engineer(s): Greg Koller, Jesse Honig

Mixer(s): Andrew Sarlo

Mastering Engineer(s): Dave Kutch