Lyrics of
Stay I Missed You

Stay (I Missed You) was written by Lisa Loeb during her time as a student at New York University, where she met Ethan Hawke, who would later help her land a record deal by including the song in the movie Reality Bites.

You say, I only hear what I want to
And you say, I talk so all the time, so
And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leavin
Now I know that I did something wrong cause I missed you
Yeah, I missed you

And you say, I only hear what I want to
I don't listen hard
I don't pay attention to the distance that you're running or to anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearing negative, no no no bad
So I, turned the radio on I turned the radio up
And this woman was singing my song
Lover's in love and the other's run away
Lover is crying cause the other won't stay
Some of us hover when we weep for the other who was dying
Since the day they were born well
Well, this is not that
I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown

And I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow
Or anywhere, with you
And you said that I was naïve
And, I thought that I was strong
I thought "hey I can leave, I can leave"
But now I know that I was wrong cause I missed you
Yeah, missed you

You said you caught me cause you want me and one day I'll let you go
You try to give away a keeper or keep me cause you're know
You're just so scared to lose
And you say, stay
You say, I only hear what I want to