i can feel you pull away & it's just as i lean in & the timing leaves me wide, open with a miss i am betrayed slices right through my thick skin yet i seek another hide i'm asking you to stay [in my arms] away [you're breaking me apart] stay [in my arms] away [you're breaking me apart] & i'm out here on a limb but i'm holding out my hand hoping you can make the climb, with me & i'm carving in the bark dropping down to where you stand trying silence on for size i'm asking you to stay [in my arms] away [you're breaking me apart] stay [in my arms] away [you're breaking me apart] & i miss you in my fingers & valleys in between it's odd how feelings linger for something yet unseen there's ages between, my heart & my mouth my veins throb with that which i can't spit out now i don't need much just presence in mind & reassurance your ache matches mine so stay [please don't pull away, from me] i'm asking you to stay [in my arms] away [you're breaking me apart] stay [in my arms] away [you're breaking me apart]