[Intro – picked acoustic guitar, slow and steady]
[Verse 1 – hushed, weary voice]
I carried all my letters in a drawer that never closed,
Promises I scribbled down, none of which I chose.
I thought there’d always be tomorrow, another chance to write,
But tomorrow came and stole away the faces from my sight.
[Verse 2 – voice stronger, a warning tone]
You younger ones don’t listen, you think a screen will hold,
The warmth of arms around you when the nights grow dark and cold.
But when the years start runnin’, you’ll learn the bitter truth:
A message isn’t mercy, and a call won’t bring back youth.
[Chorus – soft strum, voice cracked with regret]
If you wait too long to say hello,
The next word out is goodbye.
And no paper, phone, or signal
Can explain the reason why.
[Verse 3 – voice low, almost spoken]
I buried friends in silence, I buried love in shame,
I thought they’d hear me somehow, but my voice it never came.
Now every empty mailbox is a gravestone that I pass,
Each unread line’s a ghost of mine, carved deep into the grass.
[Verse 4 – voice aching, guitar steady]
So don’t you take for granted that the world is at your hand,
A body needs a body, not just words across the land.
By the time you think to hold them, you’ll find they’ve slipped away,
And you’ll curse the quiet hours where you thought you’d write someday.
[Chorus – louder strum, voice frayed and pleading]
If you wait too long to say hello,
The next word out is goodbye.
And the silence grows so heavy,
It can crush a man alive.
[Final Verse – guitar slows, voice hollow, resigned]
Now the chairs are all empty, the table’s turned to dust,
Every “later” that I counted has betrayed my trust.
I’m alone with all these letters that I never let them know,
And the only friend I’ve got left is the one I didn’t show.
[Outro – guitar fades to silence, last line almost whispered]
If you wait too long to say hello…
You’ll be alone when it’s goodbye.
[Violin Solo]
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