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Because You Stayed
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Because You Stayed was released on October 16, 2026 by Musikanibeng as a part of the album Finally Safe
October 16, 2026
LabelMusikanibeng
LanguageEnglish
BPM92
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

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Music Video

Lyrics

I was still learning how to breathe
without apologizing for the sound.
Still waking up with the kind of heaviness
that makes you sit on the edge of the bed
and wonder if today will hurt less
than yesterday did.
I didn’t know how to let anyone close
without bracing for the moment
they’d pull away.
But you didn’t.
You didn’t rush,
you didn’t push,
you didn’t ask me to be whole
before you came near.
You just stood there—
steady, quiet,
like you had all the time in the world
to understand me.
I kept waiting for the shift,
the change in your voice,
the softening of your hands,
the signs I learned to watch for
when someone is halfway out the door.
But you stayed.
You stayed through the trembling,
through the nights I couldn’t sleep,
through the days I couldn’t speak
without my voice breaking.
You stayed when I tried to pull back,
when fear made me cold,
when old wounds made me doubt
every warm thing you gave.
You stayed even when I told you
I wasn’t easy to love,
that my heart had been dropped
too many times to trust
anyone holding it.
And somehow,
your presence made the ache quieter.
Your patience made the fear softer.
Your hands made the world feel
less sharp against my skin.
You didn’t fix me—
you just stayed long enough
for me to stop expecting the hurt.
Now when I look at you,
I don’t see the goodbye
I used to prepare for.
I see the beginning
I never thought I’d get.
I see the warmth
I didn’t know I deserved.
I see the love
that didn’t run
when it saw my scars.
You stayed
and because you stayed,
I finally learned
how to stay too.
Written by: Grace Nin
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