What Stays
Style: Cinematic strings

[Verse 1]
I stood where the wet steps turn
watching what the branches let fall
and something in me settled there
knowing you're the one thing I don't spurn

[Pre-chorus]
Seasons come and try to take you
every year they think they can
but I'm not letting go, Aspen

[Chorus]
Aspen, you stay when the leaves don't
you hold on when the rest won't
funny how the quiet ones remain
Aspen, I love the way you won't

[Verse 2]
Some things fall and some things deepen
I've watched you do the second kind
you never needed noise to prove it
you just stayed while the light kept steepen'

[Bridge]
Let the branches empty out
let the whole world lose its leaves
I'll still know exactly where you are
that's the only thing I need

[Chorus]
Aspen, you stay when the leaves don't
you hold on when the rest won't
funny how the quiet ones remain
Aspen, I love the way you won't

[Outro]
Come spring the steps will dry out clean
but I'll still remember what stayed green

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