"Stay" lyrics

"Stay"
(feat. Mikky Ekko)

All along it was a fever
A cold-sweat hot-headed believer
I threw my hands in the air, said, "Show me something."
He said, "If you dare, come a little closer."

Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now, tell me now, tell me now, tell me now you know

Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you
And it takes me all the way
I want you to stay

It's not much of a life you're living
It's not just something you take, it's given

Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now, tell me now, tell me now, tell me now you know

Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you
And it takes me all the way
And I want you to stay

Ooh, ooh, ooh, the reason I hold on
Ooh, ooh, ooh, 'cause I need this hole gone
Funny you're the broken one but I'm the only one who needed saving
'Cause when you never see the light it's hard to know which one of us is caving

Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move

Makes me feel like I can't live without you
And it takes me all the way

I want you to stay, stay
I want you to stay, ooh


Thanks to Yas, Conswayla, Kayla, Laila for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Mikky Ekko, Justin Parker
One of the songwriters of this song, Mikky Ekko, also contributed his vocals to this track and appeared in its music video.
Mikky Ekko told Gigwise about the meaning of the song, "The track had become so special to me as well, and knowing what the track means to me and what I think it means to her too, it really worked. It speaks to such an intimate side of her that is so rare and so far-removed from what people think of her."
Rihanna explained the song by saying, "It's a very emotional song and it's personal, so you just think about, it's almost like telling a story, and when you tell a story, even to yourself - if you're saying it out loud and expressing how you feel - it needs to be powerful because it needs to be authentic."
Speaking with Ryan Seacrest, Rihanna said about the music video for this song, "The video was really, really simple. I pretty much stayed put in a bathtub, and we shot it really tight, really close. There's Mikky Ekko in the video as well."
Rihanna performed the song without Mikky Ekko on Saturday Night Live on the 10th of November 2012.
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