[Verse 1]
You always told me you'd be there
When no one else would call my phone
I was sleeping all alone
Days turning into summer nights
We'd walk these roads a thousand times
We could never get it right

[Pre-Chorus]
But tell me what you think
Could you really leave me
Or would you stay the night?
We were lost and didn't know anything
All our fights, they didn't fix anything
But would you stay the night?

[Chorus]
'Cause we walked through darkness that night
When we tried to talk it over
There's some things you hold on so tight
And others you just let go
I tried to give this all I had
But it wasn't enough to make you stay the night

[Verse 2]
If I told you what you want to hear
Then maybe I could get some sleep
And you would stop talking to me
The flames burning, smoke is in the air
Tables turning upside down
You knew that I would let you down
[Pre-Chorus]
But tell me what you think
Could you really leave me
Or would you stay the night?
'Cause we were broke and didn't know anything
All our fights, they couldn't fix anything
But would you stay the night?

[Chorus]
'Cause we walked through darkness that night
When we tried to talk it over
There's some things you hold on so tight
And others you just let go
I tried to give this all I had
But it wasn't enough to make you stay the night

[Bridge]
Can we take it easy?
The words you thought would tease me only helped to lead me
Backing off is easy, yeah
The reasons, they go on and on, yeah
The beauty that I saw is gone
So I thought that you could hold me down
And keep me in a washed up town, nah

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me what you think
Could you really leave me
Or would you stay the night?
'Cause we were broke and didn't know anything
All our fights, they couldn't fix anything
But would you stay the night?
[Chorus]
'Cause we walked through darkness that night
When we tried to talk it over
There's some things you hold on so tight
And others you just let go
I tried to give this all I had
But it wasn't enough to make you stay the night