[Intro - Guitar] Had a whole conversation in my head. None of it reached you. [Verse 1 - Close rap] Could talk all night when the topic stayed light, Couldn't find a sentence when it mattered to my life. Wanted you near, couldn't show you the need, Sat with my mouth shut watching you leave. Made being distant look like not giving a fuck, Inside it was panic with the words all stuck. You weren't a mind reader, weren't meant to be, Still wanted you to hear what I couldn't release. Love doesn't make silence easy to decode, Doesn't know the route if I won't show the road. I can miss us without making you the villain, Some things broke while I refused to speak in 'em. [Build] Words late. Room empty. Now I hear every thing I left unsaid. [Chorus - Hard rhythmic hook] WHAT I COULDN'T SAY! WHAT I HELD BACK! ALL THAT LOVE WITH NO ROAD TO IT! OPEN UP! BEFORE IT'S GONE! YOU CAN'T ASK SOMEONE TO STAY WITH THE LIGHTS ALL OFF! [Verse 2 - Faster rap] Used to say trust was an illusion of connection, Now I ask how fear distorted my perception. Some people failed me, some I shut out, Can't put every ending in the same account. Hurt is real, still the habit can change, Can learn to speak before the distance gets made. Not a grand promise, not a perfect heart, Just honest words while there's time to start. "I need a minute." "That got to me." "Don't know what I'm feeling, but I want you to see." Wish I learnt earlier, can't rewrite then, Can stop leaving the next one to guess again. [Bridge - Piano] Sometimes the lesson Arrives after the loss. Still have to use it, Even with that cost. [Final Chorus - Full drums] WHAT I COULDN'T SAY! WHAT I HELD BACK! ALL THAT LOVE WITH NO ROAD TO IT! OPEN UP! BEFORE IT'S GONE! YOU CAN'T ASK SOMEONE TO STAY WITH THE LIGHTS ALL OFF!
