Stay Here
A Journey of Sacrifice and Love: 'Stay Here' by Josh Calhoun
Lyrics
I know it's easier to leave what you don't know
I understand that leaving the unknown is often more comfortable.
The gift of love can be a heavy load
The act of loving someone can feel like a significant burden.
To give the rest of your life for a brand new soul
Committing your life for a new soul (possibly a child) is a challenging path.
Is a dangerously narrow road
Choosing this path is risky and requires caution.
You could turn and run like many others do
Despite challenges, the option to leave is available, as others have done.
I'm sure you'll be just fine out on your own
Assurance that one can manage well independently.
But if you stay the years ahead will change the both of us
Staying together will bring changes over the years for both individuals.
Just as it would if you left me alone
Similar changes would occur if the person were left alone.
But if you just stay here
An encouragement to stay in the relationship or commitment.
Not wander off like many others do
Contrasting the choice of staying with the common act of wandering away.
Yea if you stay here
Reiteration of the encouragement to remain in the relationship.
You'll change me
The acknowledgment that staying will bring about changes in the speaker.
And lord knows I'll change you
Recognition that the other person will also undergo changes by staying.
Imagine to yourself some years down this road
Imagining the future consequences of current actions.
The ground you laid for our whole family
The impact of one's choices on the family and its foundation.
Sure you weren't perfect oh Lord I know
Acknowledgment of imperfections in the past but appreciating the sacrifice.
But you gave of yourself for me
The speaker's gratitude for the sacrifices made by the other person.
Because you stayed here
Highlighting the positive outcome of staying in the relationship.
You didn't run like many others do
Contrasting with the common behavior of running away from commitments.
Yea you stayed here
Reinforcing the positive impact of staying on the speaker.
You loved me and oh how I've loved you (And I still do)
Expressing love and continued affection for the person who stayed.
It was no cats in the cradle kind of love
Describing a committed and enduring form of love, not a neglectful one.
You gave up all your best-laid plans
Giving up well-thought-out plans for the sake of love.
Just like our loving father from up above
Drawing a parallel with a loving father figure's sacrifices from above.
You gave your time, your life, your hands
List of sacrifices made, including time, life, and effort.
Now I'm bringing home a baby of my own
Bringing the theme of sacrifice into the speaker's own life with a new child.
And know that she will be a heavy load
Acknowledging the weight of responsibility that comes with having a child.
But I'll gladly give the rest of my life for her
Willingness to sacrifice for the child, inspired by the example of the other person.
Because you taught me how to walk this road
Crediting the other person for teaching valuable life lessons.
You stayed here
Reiteration of the positive impact of staying in the relationship.
You didn't run like many others do
Emphasizing the choice not to follow the path of others who run away.
Dad, you stayed here
Direct address to the father figure, appreciating the example set.
Showed me how to love so I can too.
Expressing gratitude for learning how to love and the intention to pass it on.
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