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about this song
Taking on the unique perspective of a cheating husbands mistress, “Stay” follows the woman’s change of heart. Prior to the chorus, she is insistent on him staying with her and not returning to his wife. By the third verse, the woman doesn’t believe she will ever be his first or only choice, and that she is tired of “bein' used, [and waitin'].” According) to Nettles, “ [she] has her own sense of redemption and realizes she deserves more than being with someone who will never be fully hers” And by the final verse