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Stay The Same

Metadata

title

Stay The Same

meaning

Last summer before college: press pause, hold the porch swing, don’t wanna change when bags are packed a thousand miles apart.

year

2010

release

Goodbye/Hello

releaseType

album

artist

The Luke Walton Band

artistId

#lukewaltonband

credits

Words and music by Luke Walton (Luke Francis Walton). The Luke Walton Band.

bandcamp

https://lukewaltonband.bandcamp.com/track/stay-the-same

themes

The Luke Walton Band
Goodbye/Hello
leaving home
2010

draft

false

Lyrics

Your gorgeous face buried in my chest,
As you whisper, "Why did this day come?"
In your blue eyes I see the memories,
Of a life I loved that's moving on.

But our bags are packed for our new schools,
Brand new lives a thousand miles apart.
Still, your honey-sweet kiss in this ocean air,
Feels like home for my anxious heart.

I just want to stop the clock
And hold onto the life I've got.
Cause I'm scared to walk away,
And never come back to this day.

My friends, my family, my house, my girl,
All swept aside for a whole new world.
But I don't wanna change,
Let's press pause and just stay the same.

Your hand in mine we sit on my porch swing,
And watch kids play 'cross the street.
We both pretend act like nothing's wrong,
And just play a game of hide and seek.

Cause goodbye is just an awful curse word,
That neither of us dare to speak.
But this fresh cut grass and this golden sun,
Fade away under my two feet.

I just want to stop the clock
And hold onto the life I've got.
Cause I'm scared to walk away,
And never come back to this day.

My friends, my family, my house, my girl,
All swept aside for a whole new world.
But I don't wanna change,
Let's press pause and just stay the same.

I'm watching you wearing my t-shirt,
While playfully I flirt,
And kiss you again.

Your chocolate hair hangs like a halo,
In the moment all I know,
Is I never want this to end.

I just want to stop the clock
And hold onto the life I've got.
Cause I'm scared to walk away,
And never come back to this day.

My friends, my family, my house, my girl,
All swept aside for a whole new world.
But I don't wanna change,
Let's press pause and just stay the same,
Stay the same,
Stay the same,
Stay the same.

Content

Track three on Goodbye/Hello (2010). Lyrics per archived lukewaltonband.com. Pre-USC departure song: bags are packed for our new schools, porch swing denial, goodbye is just an awful curse word that neither of us dare to speak.