ALL THE THINGS I NEVER SAID
[Intro — acoustic guitar, very soft piano]
Mmm…
Oh…
I still talk to you sometimes…
Like you’re still here.
[Verse 1 — close, almost spoken]
I found your picture in the hallway,
Stopped me dead there in my tracks.
And for one sweet little second
I forgot I can’t have you back.
I said, “You wouldn’t believe what’s happened…”
Then I laughed like you’d reply.
Oh, the cruelest part of losing you
Is forgetting that you died.
‘Cause my heart still hasn’t learned it,
My hands still reach for you.
And every time I remember…
Oh, baby…
I lose you all over too.
[Pre-Chorus — vocal begins climbing]
They say time…
Time’s supposed to heal me.
But nobody told me
What I’m supposed to do…
With all these words
I saved for you.
[Chorus — full soulful vocal]
I’ve got so much left to tell you,
So much I never said.
A million conversations
Still running through my head.
I’d tell you that I love you—
Lord, I’d tell you one more time.
I’d trade every damn tomorrow
For one yesterday tonight.
‘Cause I wasn’t done…
No, no, no…
I wasn’t done loving you yet.
Now I’m carrying forever
All the things…
I never said.
[Post-Chorus — vocal run]
Ohhh…
Never said…
Mmm-mm…
If I knew that goodbye was goodbye…
I would’ve never let you leave my sight.
[Verse 2 — bluesier, slightly stronger]
I remember all your stories,
Even ones I’d heard before.
And I’d give anything to hear you
Tell me just one more.
Even all those little habits
That used to get under my skin—
I’d give everything I have now
Just to live through them again.
And isn’t that the funny thing
About somebody being gone?
The smallest things become the things
Your heart keeps holding on.
Your voice…
Your laugh…
The way you’d say my name…
God, everything is still here—
Except you.
[Pre-Chorus — breaking slightly]
And some days
I can speak about you
Without falling apart…
Then somebody says your name
And suddenly—
There I am…
Right back at the start.
[Chorus — bigger]
I’ve got so much left to tell you,
So much I never said.
A million conversations
Still running through my head.
I’d tell you that I love you,
I’d tell you one more time.
I’d trade every damn tomorrow
For one yesterday tonight.
‘Cause I wasn’t done…
I wasn’t done!
I wasn’t done loving you yet.
And now I’m carrying forever
All the things…
I never said.
[Instrumental — acoustic guitar / blues fills]
Mmm…
Oh, I miss you…
God, I miss you.
[Bridge — piano only, vulnerable]
Did you know how much I loved you?
Did you know how much you meant?
Did you know I’d spend my whole life
Missing every moment spent?
Do you hear me when I’m crying?
Do you hear me say your name?
And if there’s somewhere after this…
Do you miss me just the same?
[Music almost stops]
Because I’ve been thinking…
If I’d known
That the last time was the last time…
I would’ve held you longer.
I would’ve looked at y