🎸Stay Through the Dust

Verse 1 There’s a crack in the floor [soft] Where we used to stand Your laugh used to echo Now it dies in my hands I been talkin’ to ghosts That look just like you Every word that I buried Came back cuttin’ through I was tellin’ you stories ‘Bout people you don’t know Actin’ like I had somewhere Better to go While you sat there waitin’ On truth I would bend Now I’m chokin’ on words I don’t know how to mend Pre-Chorus I know I ain’t easy [pause] Yeah I know I get hard I’d raise up my voice ‘Stead of droppin’ my guard Chorus So stay through the dust Through the weight, through the fire Through the parts of me I would hide and deny I ain’t sayin’ I’m perfect Hell I’ve been a mess But I’m fightin’ like hell To be somethin’ you get If your faith’s runnin’ thin Let me carry that load I’ll meet you halfway Down every hard road I was lost, I was blind Now I’m startin’ to see You’re the only damn thing That still feels like me Verse 2 I remember that night You said you were done Said love shouldn’t feel Like a loaded gun And I heard it different In the way that you shook Every word that I threw Finally landed and stuck I go calm to a storm In the blink of an eye Turn a moment of love To a reason to cry And I hate that your safe place Turned into war Every slam of a door Left you wantin’ less more Pre-Chorus I ain’t askin’ for easy I’m askin’ for real Just a shot to become How you’re meant to feel Chorus So stay through the dust Through the weight, through the fire Through the parts of me I would hide and deny I ain’t sayin’ I’m perfect Hell I’ve been a mess But I’m fightin’ like hell To be somethin’ you get If your faith’s runnin’ thin Let me carry that load I’ll meet you halfway Down every hard road I was lost, I was blind Now I’m startin’ to see You’re the only damn thing That still feels like me Bridge If love is a war [soft] I laid down my pride No more slammin’ doors Just to pick a side I don’t need to be right I just need you here I’d trade every ounce For one more year And I know words are cheap Yeah I said ‘em before But I’m killin’ the man You knew before I won’t run when it’s heavy Won’t break when it bends I’d choose you again And again… and again Final Chorus (stripped) So stay through the dust If you got any fight I’ll be better tomorrow Than I was tonight I got miles to go ‘Fore I’m who I should be But you’re the only damn reason I’m startin’ to see If you’re leavin’, just know Every part of my soul Still reaches for you Down every road ‘Cause losin’ you ain’t Somethin’ I outgrow You’re the home I don’t deserve But I know