Ellie Goulding – Wish I Stayed

Why can’t we speak another language

One we all agree on?

Why when men look outside, they see houses

Instead of the fields they grew from?

We are constantly uprooted from them

Making us tiresome and fearful

Can you get up right now

Endeavor to free fall?

‘Cause you can fall if you want to

It’s just a matter of how far

You’ve treasured our hometown

You’ve forgotten where you are

And it will stay with you

Till your mind’s been found

And it has been found wandering around

With that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But we didn’t give up hope

It’s just the simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

I wish I stayed, I wish I stayed, I wish I stayed

Patterns all arranged in my background

Pillars and posts keeping this country on form

Letters were all sent with no addresses

So that people can’t discover

That we’re always under cover

Why do I always draw triangles

Instead of words this paper deserves?

‘Cause you see, I don’t own my clothes but I own my mind

And it’s not what you’ve lost but it’s what you find

With that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But we didn’t give up hope

It’s the simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

I wish I stayed, I wish I stayed

‘Cause you can fall if you want to

It’s just a matter of how far

You’ve treasured our hometown

You’ve forgotten where you are

And it will stay with you

Till your mind’s been found

And it has been found wandering around

With that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But we didn’t give up hope

It’s just the simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

I wish I stayed, I wish I stayed, I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed, I wish I stayed