Wish you had told me

(Intro - Quiet, just Piano and Vocal)

I came home and something felt so wrong, you looked away

The light had just gone out behind your eyes, I couldn't say

When the winter wind began to blow, but it's here now

We're lying side-by-side, but I'm cold somehow.

(Verse 1 - Drums and Bass enter softly)

Tell me why the change in you?

Is there someone new?

I see the distance where your heart used to be.

This cold silence is drowning me.

(Pre-Chorus - Building urgency, strings swell slightly)

And I kept waiting, holding on to a fragile thread

Hoping we weren't just a chapter that you'd already read.

(Chorus - Full instrumentation, Vocal power increases)

I wish you had told me.

So I wouldn't hold on to a chance that was never meant to be.

I wish you had told me.

I would have let you go, allowed you your happiness, and set you free.

I wish you had told me.

So I wouldn't hold on to a ghost of a 'you and me' at the end.

I wish you had told me.

I would have just let you leave...

Let you leave...

(Verse 2 - Instrumentation pulls back slightly, focusing on the pain)

I'm counting every step you take until you fade from sight

Still hoping for one final glance, one last look of the light.

Can we ever go back to those moments when everything was true?

When the depth was in your smile, before it looked brand new?

Tell me why you walked away.

Did you find a brighter day?

(Pre-Chorus - Building again)

And I kept waiting, holding on to a fragile thread

Hoping we weren't just a chapter that you'd already read.

(Chorus - Full power, strong backing harmonies)

I wish you had told me.

So I wouldn't hold on to a chance that was never meant to be.

I wish you had told me.

I would have let you go, allowed you your happiness, and set you free.

I wish you had told me.

So I wouldn't hold on to a ghost of a 'you and me' at the end.

I wish you had told me.

I would have just let you leave...

(Bridge - Key change or dynamic shift, powerful ad-libs, gospel feel)

'Cause I could have changed every little thing you didn't like!

Didn't you tell me?

That as long as it was us, we could conquer the bitter world, make it right?

Didn't I promise?

I would do anything to keep us together 'til the end of time!

Then I suddenly found out...

You were just waiting for somebody else to come back to your life!

(Climax/Outro Chorus - Maximum vocal power, raw emotion, harmonies soaring)

I wish you had told me!

'Cause I can't even think what single thing I did wrong!

I wish you had told me!

So I wouldn't trust my heart to ever love again so strong!

I wish you had told me!

So I wouldn't hold on to a chance that was never meant to be!

I wish you had told me!

I would have let you...

I wish you had told me. (Fade out with final piano chord)

So I wouldn't hold on...

I wish you had told me.