Stay With Me
VERSE
I heard there was a sacred grace
She carried it in her warm embrace,
But you don’t really feel it ‘til it leaves
It burned in quiet, whispered prayers
In hymns she sang, rang in the kitchen air
The light she gave was pure, was true
CHORUS
Stay with me, hold my hand through everything
When the world fades and I need you; just stay with me
Stay with me, don’t let go; hold my hand through the highs and lows
When the world fades, when I can’t breathe.
You’re the one I need so stay with me, just stay with me
VERSE
She walked in faith through every storm
A gentle fire, steady and warm
Her hands would heal, her smile could see right through you,
But sickness came like shadowed rain, she bore it all without complaint
And though she slipped, she still sang out in God’s name
CHORUS
Stay with me, hold my hand through everything
When the world fades and I need you; just stay with me
Stay with me, don’t let go; hold my hand through the highs and lows
When the world fades, when I can’t breathe.
You’re the one I need so stay with me, just stay with me
VERSE
No time to speak that last goodbye; no final touch, no asking, “why?”
Just silence where her voice once rose, but I remember every day
The little things she would always say,
And in her name, I whisper still, “stay with me.”
CHORUS
Stay with me, hold my hand through everything
When the world fades and I need you; just stay with me
Stay with me, don’t let go; hold my hand through the highs and lows
When the world fades, when I can’t breathe.
You’re the one I need so stay with me, just stay with me.
VERSE
I see her in the evening light, in candle flames
and the stars at night
her faith lives on, it didn’t die right through her
Though grief may fill the space she left I’ll honor her with every breath,
for a love like that, still sings in its own light.
CHORUS
Stay with me, hold my hand through everything
When the world fades and I need you; just stay with me
Stay with me, don’t let go; hold my hand through the highs and lows
When the world fades, when I can’t breathe.
You’re the one I need so stay with me, just stay with me.