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Stayed

by Amity

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A song about when you're in a damaging relationship that you know you shouldn't be in and the slow realisation that you're worth more.

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This melancholy rot sinks into my bones.
Your fumes litter my lungs, but I don’t want to be alone,
So I stay, stay,
Oh, I stay.

I know the way you smile like the lines carved in my palms.
Your venom filled my veins, but I had fallen for your charms,
So I stayed, stayed,
Oh, I stayed.

And for a while, your love was all I knew,
That is, if you could call it love at all.
And for a while, your every word was true,
But trusting always comes before the fall.

And you don’t deserve my time,
I was never yours, and you were never mine.
And you don’t deserve my songs,
Or a place in my mind, you don’t belong.

You’re not a work of art, more like a puppeteer,
You’d strike me down and then you’d wipe away my tears,
So I stayed, stayed,
Oh I stayed.

You’re not a fire’s glow, more like a parasite,
I knew I was your host, but you clung on so tight
That I stayed, stayed,
Oh, I stayed.

And for a while, your love was all I knew,
That is, if you could call it love at all.
And for a while, your every word was true,
But trusting always comes before the fall.

And you don’t deserve my time,
I was never yours, and you were never mine.
And you don’t deserve my songs,
Or a place in my mind, you don’t belong.

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released November 20, 2023

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Amity London, UK

Amity’s dark, defiant & dramatic sound was described in The Guardian as “miraculous” with “dense surreal lyricism”, comparing Amity to Adele & Regina Spektor. His “profound, broody and rebellious” tracks (Durham Magazine) & “stunning” voice (BBC Radio) have scooped numerous competition successes - most recently winning the Royal Albert Hall's prestigious Future Makers 2023 competition. ... more

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