Please Stay

Your clothes in the dryer Your hair on the shower wall Your toothbrush is too much Your shoes empty in the hall Your keys on the counter Your dirty dish in the sink Please, don't make me see these things The books on your shelf that you never read The hunting knife you kept by your bed The flowers you dried and tied up with twine Suspended from the ceiling You tell me you love me like it'll be the last time Like you're playing out the end of a storyline I say, "I love you too" because it's true What else am I supposed to do? Maybe bar the door when you move to leave I think you mean what you say When you say you wanna die I think you mean what you say When you say you want to stay alive Quit your job Cut your hair, get a dog Change your name Change your mind Change your ways, give them time Go back to school, go back to sleep Tell the secret you can't keep Begin, be done Break a vow, make a new one Call me if you need a friend Or never talk to me again But please stay But please stay But please stay But please stay