Simply Stay

I'm alone but never lonely says the stranger

Hand on my shoulder with a welcome sort of frown

He's the captain of his own destiny

On a wayward journey somehow homeward bound

Waiting for his ship to come before he drowns, he downs another round

If you're out there would you listen to what I have to say

I know it's not much but it's everything that I am today

Give me a moment and then you can be off and on your way

I know I'm not much but it would mean everything to me if you would simply stay

I've got too much to do today she says smiling

But there's a pain behind her eyes that could stop time

She's got dreams the size of galaxies

But somehow nobody every sees the beauty of her mind

Longing for a way to rewind, she finds some solace memorizing scripted lines

If you're out there would you listen to what I have to say

I know it's not much but it's everything that I am today

Give me a moment and then you can be off and on your way

I know I'm not much but it would mean everything to me if you would simply stay

And I'll pass by once again

Caught inside my winding thread

Knots of thoughts of what I've got and what I'm not

Myself wishing for a friend

Thinking of how much pain could end

And joy could be found in the time it takes to stop

When the buildings and the billboards crumble down

And all the stages are flattened to the ground

When we stand, we stand so tall, but when we fall, we fall so far

And we find out who we are

When one voice can echo among billions

And when billions can echo into one

If you're out there would you listen to what I have to say

I know it's not much but it's everything that I am today

Give me a moment and then you can be off and on your way

I know I'm not much but it would mean everything to me if you would simply stay