Best of 2013 - Stay

"Stay" is a piano driven ballad which was released on January 7, 2013, as the second single from Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic. I do not get enough of Rihanna’s softer side these days, so it’s great to see her autobiography is embedded so deeply in her recordings again. The song is definitely one of the best songs in her career. I listen to this song every night. When I close my eyes while wearing my headphones to listen to “Stay,” I can feel the pain in her voice.

Stay

All along it was a fever
A cold sweat hot-headed believers
I threw my hands in the air I 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
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
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay

Oh the reason I hold on
Oh cause I need this hole gone
Funny all the broken ones but I’m the only one who needed saving
Cause when you never see the lights 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
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay, stay
I want you to stay