The Things We Never Said

We left the words

between us

Like letters never sent.

You kept your secrets in your sleeves I kept mine underneath my

tongue We learned to smile at empty rooms And pretend the damage

never comes I saw the hesitation

Every time you said my name

Like we were both afraid to ask Who was the first to

walk away?

And now the silence has a sound It follows me from town

to town

I hear it every time I close my eyes— We were never

meant to end this way With all the words we couldn’t say

You took the blame,

I took the fall And neither one of us confessed at all

If I could have one more night I’d tell you everything I

kept inside But we’re just ghosts of who we were Still haunting

every word—

Your photograph is fading

But I remember every line The way you looked right through me

Like you already knew goodbye I tried to make excuses For every

scar we couldn’t hide But some things don’t get better Just because

you give them time

So let the silence have its way Let every buried memory wake

I won’t pretend I don’t remember—

Maybe I was wrong

Maybe you were too

Maybe there was never

Anything left to lose

But I still hear your voice—

I still hear your voice— (I STILL

HEAR YOUR VOICE!)

We were never meant to end this way!

With all the words we couldn’t say!

You took the blame,

I took the fall!

And neither one of us confessed at all!

If I could have one more night I’d tear down every wall

inside

No more pretending we were fine— No more leaving things behind!

The things we never said…

Were everything.