Saints Don’t Stay

Your picture's face-down on the shelf I turn it over when I'm

weak

Funny how I know your silence Better than I know your speech

Every time I close the door I leave the hallway light for

you

Like some part of me still thinks

You'll come walking through

I know this ending

I know every line So why do I keep

Rewinding mine?

SAINTS DON'T STAY

And ghosts don't change

We keep calling this love

Just to give it a name

You pull me close

I pull away

We were beautiful once

But saints don't stay

You know exactly when to call Like you feel me letting go

Three words through a telephone

And suddenly I'm back below

We make promises at midnight Morning tears them all apart

Maybe we weren't meant forever Maybe we were meant to scar

I know your ending

You know mine

Still we keep meeting

At the same goodbye

SAINTS DON'T STAY

And ghosts don't change We keep calling this love Just to give

it a name

You pull me close

I pull away

We were beautiful once

But saints don't stay

I miss you.

That's true.

But missing you

Doesn't mean I need you.

I loved you.

That's true too.

Maybe that's exactly

Why I'm finally through.

SAINTS DON'T STAY

And people change

Maybe letting you go

Doesn't cheapen the pain Don't pull me close I'll walk away

We were beautiful once And that's where WE SHOULD STAY

I can miss you Without coming back.