If this world is wearing thin
And you're thinking of escape
I'll go anywhere with you
Just wrap me up in chains
But if you try to go alone
Don't think I'll understand

(Stay) Stay with me
Stay with me

In the silence of your room
In the darkness of your dreams
You must only think of me
There can be no in between
When your pride is on the floor
I'll make you beg for more

(Stay) Stay with me
Stay with me

You'd better hope and pray
That you make it safe back to your own world
You'd better hope and pray
That you'll wake one day in your own world
'Cause when you sleep at night
They don't hear your cries in your own world
Only time will tell
If you can break the spell back in your own world

(Stay) Stay with me
(Stay) Stay with me
(Stay) Stay, stay with me, ah-ha
(Stay) Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay
(Stay) Stay with me


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Stay Lyrics as written by Marcella Levy Siobhan Maire Deirdre Fahey

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    Personally I feel that this song is about death; not so much suicide but begging someone who's terminally ill to keep fighting.

    if this world is wearing thin and you're thinking of escape i'll go anywhere with you

    If you're going to give up i'll follow you into the afterlife; together in death.

    i'll do anything it takes [just wrap me up in chains]

    take me with you; even if it's unwillingly.

    but if you try to go alone don't think i'll understand

    Explaining how hysterical she'll get in the grieving process; not understanding how to live with out him.

    In the silence of your room in the darkness of your schemes [ ... dreams] there among the souvenirs [you must only think of me] and the useless memories [there can be no in between]

    Use me as your guiding light back to this life.

    when your pride is on the floor i'll make you beg for more

    When you're at your limits, I'm going to push you harder.

    you'd better hope and pray that you'll be safe [ that you make it safe] in your own world [back to your own world] you'd better hope and pray that you're gonna awake [that you wake one day] back in your own world [in your own world] [cause when you sleep at night they don't hear your cries] [in your own world] [only time will tell if you can break the spell] [back in your own world]

    This is my favourite part of the video and song! I think this piece is directed at both the man and the grieving woman; To him: pray that you'll wake up and only time will tell if he actually will. To Her: Pray that you'll be able to carry on afterwards and get over this possible loss. No one will hear your crying when you're alone and only time will tell if you'll be able to carry on.

    The video overall explains a lot; in some cultures the Moon is the Mother of all life on Earth. She is associated with the Spiral of Life - birth, death, and rebirth. She grants our wishes. She guides our dreams. This coupled with the shooting star is symbolic of her wishes. No doubt that death enters and it's a fight between life & death; her all consuming love triumphing.

    This is what I got from the song. This will always be one of my favourite songs :D

    Diamondion September 21, 2011   Link

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