I Can't Stay

[Soft Acoustic Guitar Intro] [Sang Verse] In the quiet of the night, I see them all around, The broken and the weary, the ones who can't be found, I feel a call inside, a need to lift them high, To be the one who saves them, to be their alibi. [Sang Verse] Every whispered cry, every tear that falls, Pulls me in deeper, answering their calls, I wear the weight of their world upon my shoulders strong, Believing I can save them, thinking I belong. [Pre-Chorus] I see the shadows in their eyes, I hear the echoes of their lies, And still I reach, and still I fight, To bring them into the light. [Sang Chorus] I can't save everyone, though I try, The weight is crushing, and I wonder why, I bear the burden, I take the pain, In this endless, lonely game. [Sang Verse] Every story told, every scar revealed, I take it all upon me, every wound unhealed, I lose myself in their despair, forgetting who I am, Believing I'm their savior, forgetting I'm just a man. [Build-Up] The nights grow longer, the days turn cold, My strength is waning, my resolve is old, But still I push, and still I strive, To keep their fragile hopes alive. [Crescendo] But who will save me, when I fall? Who will answer, when I call? In this crusade, I've lost my way, In the darkness, I can't stay. [Instrumental Break - Intense Electric Guitar Solo] [Sang Verse] In the ashes of my dreams, I find a bitter truth, That I can't be their hero, I can't be their proof, I see the chains I've forged, in my quest to heal, Realize my own scars, the pain I tried to conceal. [Sang Chorus] I can't save everyone, though I try, The weight is crushing, and I wonder why, I bear the burden, I take the pain, In this endless, lonely game. [Bridge] I must let go, find my own path, Release the chains, escape the wrath, Of a savior's pride, a hero's fall, To find myself, beyond it all. [Sang Chorus] I can't save everyone, though I try, The weight is crushing, and I wonder why, I bear the burden, I take the pain, In this endless, lonely game. [Outro] In the end, I must be free, To find the strength inside of me, To be enough, to stand alone, And face the world on my own. [Soft Acoustic Guitar Outro]