So steadfast and stolid
And stoic and solid
For day after every day
Why stay?
Why stay?
Why not simply give in
And get on with living?
Cause everyone knows you tried
But somehow some-thing died
On the way
So tell me why you stay
Why stay?
Why stay?
En-dur- ing and coping
And hurt-ing and hoping
For day after fucking day
Why stay?
Why stay?
Why not simply end it?
We'd all comprehend it
And most of the world would say
He's better off that way
C7sus
And maybe so is she
A promise a boy says forever
A boy says whatever may come we'll come through
And who can know how
When all I know now to be true
Is this promise that I make to you
A question, a boy wonders whether
The two stay together the way that they stay
For year after year
From love or from fear, either way
That's the promise that I made that day
Here's what I say
To the girl who was burning so brightly
Like the light from Orion above
And still I will search for her nightly
If you see her, please send her my love
And the boy was a boy for all seasons
That boy is long lost to me now
And the man has forgotten his reasons
But the man still remembers his vow
A promise, a man says forever
A man says I'll never regret or let you
The promise I made to stay and I stayed true
Knowing one day we'd remember that joy
You'd remember that girl, I'd remember that boy
Til we do, the promise I made I'll make it brand new
The promise that I made to you