[Intro – spoken, close to mic]
I come out here…
talk to you like you’re still listenin’…
[pause]
Sometimes I think you answer back…
but I know… that’s just me.
[Verse 1 – soft, steady]
I didn’t see you when I had you
Had you standin’ in the light
[hold]
You were right there in front of me
And I just looked the other way
[Verse 2 – build slightly]
We were young and runnin’ fast
Chasin’ somethin’ out ahead
[pull back]
Never stopped to look around
At what we had instead
[Pre-Chorus – quieter, leaning in]
I was lookin’ down the road…
while you were standin’ right beside me…
[let it sit]
[Chorus – fuller, but not loud]
I should’ve known… I should’ve stayed…
Should’ve loved you every day…
[pause]
Instead of lettin’ time just pull us both apart…
I was blind to what was right beside my heart…
[drop volume]
And if I listen close enough…
I can hear you in the night…
Sayin’ I was never lookin’…
where you stood… right in my sight…
[Verse 3 – slightly rougher, more emotion]
I found that old photograph…
you were smilin’ like you knew…
[pause]
And in my head I hear you sayin’…
“You were never seein’ me… just seein’ through…”
[Bridge – spoken, almost whispered]
“I stood beside you every time…
you just never saw me there…”
[long pause]
That’s what I hear you sayin’…
whether it’s true or not…
[Chorus – bigger, more open]
I should’ve known… I should’ve stayed…
Should’ve loved you every day…
[hold]
Instead of chasin’ every road that led me blind…
I was blind to what was right beside me…
[soft, almost talking]
And maybe you would say to me…
“You were always in my view…”
But I was lookin’ past forever…
while I was losin’ you…
[Outro – spoken, very quiet]
I don’t know if that’s really you…
or just me tryin’ to fix the past…
[pause]
But I’ll keep comin’ out here…
‘til I can say your name…
without breakin’…
ElCeviche
