album cover
Stay Instead
album cover
Stay Instead was released on May 31, 2026 by Mitas Müzik Public as a part of the album AfterCare
May 31, 2026
LabelMitas Müzik Public
LanguageEnglish
BPM62
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

You said you should probably go…
But neither of us moved
Your clothes were half on
Your lipstick still lived
Somewhere between my skin
And the edge of the room
The city outside
Kept pretending it was late
But the light through the curtains
Looked closer to morning
And suddenly leaving
Felt too real
Too sharp
Too soon
Your fingers traced
Nothing important…
Just my shoulder
My collarbone
The quiet places
People touch
When they’re stalling
And God…
I knew that kind of softness
It wasn’t goodbye yet
It was the space between
Wanting to leave
And wanting one more reason
Not to
So stay…
Until the sky changes
Until the blue turns gold
Until your perfume fades slower
Than my self control
Stay…
Until this bed gets colder
Until the silence asks
What this was
Just don’t ask yet…
Just stay
Your hair fell messy
Like last night
Still hadn’t ended
Like maybe sunrise
Was just another form
Of temptation
You looked better
In the almost-morning
Than you did
In all my dangerous fantasies
Because this version of you
Wasn’t fire
You were warmth
And warmth…
Is harder to quit
I wanted to memorize
The weight of your head
Before it lifted
The shape of your breath
Before distance touched it
The way your heartbeat
Sounded calmer
Than mine
No drama
No chaos
No crashing
Just sheets
Skin
And that terrifying tenderness
Of maybe meaning more
Than we planned
So stay…
Before reality finds us
Before your phone lights up
Before the world
Starts naming this
Something smaller
Than it feels right now
Stay…
With your legs still tangled
With your secrets half asleep
With your “I should go”
Fading weaker
Every time you look at me
Maybe this was never love
Maybe it was only afterglow
Maybe I don’t care
What to call it
If your body
Still answers mine
Like that
Maybe I don’t need forever
Maybe I just need
One more hour
One more kiss
One more slow excuse
To keep your shadow
Next to mine
So stay…
Until the coffee gets cold
Until the sheets forget us
Until leaving
Doesn’t feel
Like losing something
Stay…
Like the night
Didn’t end
Like your hands
Still need somewhere
To belong
You said you should probably go…
But this time…
Stay
Written by: Ege Yaşar Atasoy

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