STAY

Lisa Loeb

you say i only hear what i want to
you say i talk so all the time so
and i thought what i felt was simple
and i thought that i don't belong
and now that i am leaving
now i know that i did something wrong 
coz i missed you
yeah i missed you

and you say i only hear what i want to
i don't listen hard
i don't pay attention 
to the distance that you're running
or to anyone, anywhere
i don't understand if you really care
i'm only hearing negative: no no no

so i turned the radio on
i turned the radio up
and this woman was singing my song:
lovers in love
and the other's run away
the lover is crying 
coz the other won't stay

some of us hover when we weep 
for the other who was
dying since the day they were born
well, this is not that
i think that i'm throwing
but i'm thrown

and i thought I'd live forever
but now i'm not so sure
you try to tell me that i'm clever
but that won't take me anyhow
or anywhere with you

you said that i was naive
and i thought that i was strong
i thought
"hey, i can leave, i can leave"
but now i know that i was wrong
coz i missed you

you said, "i caught you 
coz i want you and one day 
i'll let you go"
you try to give away a keeper
or keep me coz you know 
you're just scared to lose
and you say, "stay."

you say i only hear 
what i want to