[Verse 1] There’s a chair by the window that still holds your shape And a letter I started but never could write The words sat like stones in the back of my throat While the years turned to dust in the pale morning light [Chorus] Things left unsaid, they don’t fade with the years They just settle like ash in the cracks of the heart I carried them quiet through all of these miles Now they’re all that remains when the silence won’t part [Verse 2] I stood at the doorway the night you drove off Had a thousand confessions I swallowed instead You looked in the mirror like you already knew But the truth stayed locked tight in the words I never said [Chorus] Things left unsaid, they don’t fade with the years They just settle like ash in the cracks of the heart I carried them quiet through all of these miles Now they’re all that remains when the silence won’t part [Bridge] If I could go back to that long dusty road I’d open my mouth and I’d let the truth fall But the river keeps rolling and time don’t turn ‘round And the things left unsaid are the loudest of all [Final Chorus] Things left unsaid, they don’t fade with the years They just settle like ash in the cracks of the heart I carried them quiet through all of these miles Now they’re all that remains… when the silence won’t part [Outro] (soft, almost spoken) …when the silence won’t part we
