NYZA ORIGINALS
I'll Stay When It Hurts
She watched him spiral after the loss—anger, silence, pushing everyone away—and made a choice in a gas station parking lot at 2am: she'd stay, not because it was easy, but because leaving would betray everything they'd built together. Years later, he'd still remember her hand on the steering wheel, steady, while he broke.
Lyrics
Verse 1
You're a stranger wearing skin I know
Walls up high, won't let the daylight in
Everybody's running for the door
But I'm still here, holding my ground
Chorus
I'll stay when it hurts, when you're breaking
When the version of you gets lost in the dark
I'm not the type to fold when it gets heavy
I'll stay when it hurts, I'll stay when it hurts
Verse 2
I see the man you were before the weight
Before the weight came down and changed the game
You think I don't see the war inside
But I'm still here, I'm not afraid
Chorus
I'll stay when it hurts, when you're breaking
When the version of you gets lost in the dark
I'm not the type to fold when it gets heavy
I'll stay when it hurts, I'll stay when it hurts
Bridge
Loyal's just a word till you live it
Till you're bleeding for someone who can't see it
But I do this 'cause your pain is my pain
And we don't quit on people that we claim
Outro
So stay, let me stay
I'll stay when it hurts
I'll stay