[Intro] I always found the words... Just never when you were there... [Verse 1] I practised conversations on the walk back home, Said everything perfectly when I was alone. Then you'd look at me and I'd lose my nerve, Give you half the truth when you deserved every word. There were nights I nearly told you everything, How much you mattered, how scared I'd been. But I'd wait for a moment that never came... Now all I've got are the things I couldn't say. [Pre-Chorus] I thought there'd always be another night... Another chance to get it right. [Chorus] I should've said I needed you, Should've said I was afraid. Should've told you every little thing I kept pushing away. I thought silence kept me safe, But it only made you fade. Now I finally know the words... They're just years too late. [Verse 2] Sometimes I still write messages I won't send, Start with your name then delete them again. There's so much I'd change if I had one more night, Not to bring you back, just to finally get it right. I'd tell you I noticed every time you tried, Every little hurt that you learned how to hide. I saw more than I ever let myself explain... That's another one of the things I couldn't say. [Chorus] I should've said I needed you, Should've said I was afraid. Should've told you every little thing I kept pushing away. I thought silence kept me safe, But it only made you fade. Now I finally know the words... They're just years too late. [Instrumental] (Clean guitar carries the melody as layers slowly build around it.) [Bridge] Maybe it wouldn't have changed a thing. Maybe we'd still have reached the end. But I'd rather know I gave you the truth... Than spend another night imagining what could've been. [Final Chorus] I should've said you mattered. More than I ever let you know. Should've held the moment longer Before I watched you go. I don't need another chance now. I don't need yesterday. I just wish I'd found the courage... For the things I couldn't say. [Outro] I finally found the words... There's just no one here... To hear them.
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