Wish I Stayed Lyrics - Ellie Goulding

1 Why can't we speak another language, one we all agree on?

2 Why when men look outside do they see houses,

3 Instead of the fields they grew from?

4 We are constantly uprooted from them, making us tiresome and fearful

5 Can you get up right now, endeavor to free-fall

6 'Cause you can fall if you want to

7 It's just a matter of how far

8 You treasured our home town

9 But you've forgotten where you are

10 And it will stay with you until your mind's been found

11 And it has been found wandering around

12 With that skipping rope, the trampoline

13 The crafty smoke that made us choke

14 But we didn't give up hope

15 It's the simple ways of getting paid

16 The carelessness of running away

17 And I wish I stayed

18 I wish I stayed

19 I wish I stayed

20 Patterns all arranged in my background

21 These pillars and posts keeping this country on form

22 Letters were all sent with no addresses

23 So that people can't discover

24 We're always undercover

25 Why do I always draw triangles

26 Instead of words this paper so deserves?

27 'Cause you see

28 I don't own my clothes but I own my mind

29 And it's not what you've lost

30 But it's what you find.

31 You found that skipping rope, the trampoline

32 The crafty smoke that made us choke

33 But we didn't give up hope

34 It's the simple ways of getting paid

35 The carelessness of running away

36 And I wish I stayed

37 I wish I stayed

38 I wish I stayed

39 'Cause you can fall if you want to

40 It's just a matter of how far

41 You've treasured our home town

42 But you've forgotten where you are

43 And it will stay with you until your mind's been found

44 And it has been found wandering around

45 With that skipping rope, the trampoline

46 The crafty smoke that made us choke

47 But we didn't give up hope

48 It's the simple ways of getting paid

49 The carelessness of running away

50 And I wish I stayed

51 I wish I stayed

52 I wish I stayed