What Time Couldn’t Take

[Verse 1]
I was the one you came to
When your heart was on the line
You asked me what I thought of him
I told you you’d be fine
I smiled like I meant it
Said I just wanted you safe
But I buried every word I felt
So you could walk away

[Pre-Chorus]
I chose your happiness
Over everything I was
That’s a kind of love
That never makes a sound

[Chorus]
I loved you then in silence
I love you still out loud
Time can change the seasons
But it never changed us
We were never written wrong
Just written too late
Some loves don’t fade
They wait

[Verse 2]
Twenty-five years later
You said my name like before
We talked about the lives we lived
And the ones we never got
You said your heart was broken
I said mine was too
But you were never the reason
It broke the way it did
It was because I loved you — I always did

[Pre-Chorus 2]
We were young and trying
To do the right thing fast
Never knowing some loves
Aren’t meant to pass

[Chorus]
I loved you then in silence
I love you still the same
Distance learned our faces
But not our names
We were never a mistake
Just a moment misplaced
Some loves don’t fade
They wait

[Bridge]
There’s no regret in loving you
Not once, not ever, not now
If I had to carry it alone
I’d still choose that vow
Some hearts don’t need a future
To prove they were real
They just need time
To remember how they feel

[Final Chorus]
I loved you then, I love you now
I always will somehow
Not to claim you
Not to change your life
Just to say the truth out loud
We didn’t lose, we didn’t break
We didn’t run from fate
Some loves don’t fade
They wait

[Outro]
And they stay.

Early 90's Heavy/Metal with Aggressive Guitars and Distorted Vocals, male