Verse 1

I will stay as a ray your heart cannot see, I'll be the light in the window where darkness would be, I will stay as the one bursting in through your door, A wind — loud and free, like a poet's song evermore.

Chorus

I will stay with you — through each night we've been through, I will stay with you — even if you don't want me to, I will stay with you — never forgetting the past, I will stay as your hope — as your hope and your dream at last. I will stay — holding your peace and your calm, I will stay — a barrier to all that has come.

Verse 2

I will stay as the charm hanging there on your wall, As the scent of yesterday's strong, bitter coffee, I will stay on your favorite old T-shirt — A quiet whisper you can never forget.

Bridge

And when the world's heavy weight falls on your shoulders, And no words, no replies, no strength left in store, I will stay — your small island of secret love, Where no one but us has ever been before.

Chorus ×2

I will stay with you — through each night we've been through, I will stay with you — even if you don't want me to, I will stay with you — never forgetting the past, I will stay as your hope — as your hope and your dream at last. I will stay — holding your peace and your calm, I will stay — a barrier to all that has come.