I Wish You'd Stayed

WHY DON’T WE SIT BACK AND WATCH IT BURN?
WHY DON’T WE SIT BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE’VE EARNED?
FROM GOOD TIMES TO BAD WE WATCHED IT UNFOLD.
WE WERE ANGERED BUT SILENT
WHICH IS HOW THE FLAMES WERE STOKED.
AND I KNEW IT’D COME, BUT COULDN’T GET OUTTA MY OWN WAY.
NOW I’M LAID OUT HERE PROSTRATED, HOPIN’ TO BE SAVED.
I’M NOT A GODLY MAN, NOT TO THE DIVINE THAT I PRAY.
NO, IT WAS TO SOMETHIN’ RIGHT HERE IN MY ARMS ONLY YESTERDAY.
GOD I WISHED YOU’D STAYED!
I WISH YOU’D STAYED,
WISH YOU’D STAYED,
I WISH YOU'D STAYED.
NOW I’M NOT SAYIN’ THAT THINGS WOULD’VE BEEN PERFECT,
‘CAUSE NOTHIN’ IN THIS LIFE EVER IS.
NAH, I’M JUST SAYIN’ IT MIGHT’VE BEEN BETTER
THAN WHATEVER THE HELL YOU CALL THIS.
NOW I’D PROBABLY BE LESS CRAZY BUT I’M FUCKED UP AND HAZY INSTEAD.
I’D PROBABLY HAVE PERFECT WHITE TEETH BUT THEY’RE FALLIN’ FROM MY HEAD.
I’D NEED TO DRINK WAY LESS TO GET MY GOD-DAMNED MIND TO GO TO BED.
AND WHEN I DID GET TO SLEEP MAYBE MY MIND WOULDN’T JUST SEND ME BACK.
NOW I’M NOT SAYIN’ THAT THINGS WOULD’VE BEEN PERFECT,
‘CAUSE NOTHIN’ IN THIS LIFE EVER IS.
NAH, I’M JUST SAYIN’ IT MIGHT’VE BEEN BETTER
THAN WHATEVER THE HELL YOU CALL THIS.
OH, OH GOD…I WISH YOU’D STAYED…
WISH YOU’D STAYED…
WISH YOU’D STAYED…
NOW I’M NOT SAYIN’ THAT THINGS WOULD’VE BEEN PERFECT,
‘CAUSE NOTHIN’ IN THIS LIFE EVER IS.
NAH, I’M JUST SAYIN’ IT MIGHT’VE BEEN BETTER
THAN WHATEVER THE HELL YOU CALL THIS.