Why Won't You Stay

Will this night fulfill all the promises

And bury us in peace?

Will it leave us free and forgetful

Or at least bring some sleep?

Your eyes don't catch the little things

As they narrow on your fall

I'm checking your pulse 'cause you're so quiet

I'm kissing you, but you don't feel it

Why do you do this to me?

Showing me all that I'm good for

Is to watch you sleep as lifeless as an angel

She was the most beautiful cloud

That ever passed before the face of a girl

Seems like nothing's too good for this life

Some things are too good for this world

And our names and our faces

Well, they're just spare change

In memory of a soul

Kept dropping spare change

Why won't you stay

In memory of a little girl

Who was far too much in love with the world

And who didn't really want to stick around for the end?

Why won't you stay?