🎶 Verse 1
I didn’t leave ‘cause love was gone
I left 'cause I was never strong
You saw the man I tried to be
But not the war inside of me

I held you close then pulled away
You stayed, and I still couldn’t stay
My silence wasn't meant to wound
But I was drowning in the room


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🎶 Pre-Chorus
You think my words were made to lie
But truth was tangled in goodbye
I broke the things I meant to save
And called it mercy just to cave


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🎶 Chorus
What I couldn’t say was: I was scared
To show you all the cracks I wear
I loved you more than I let on—
But love like mine don’t know how to belong
So I pushed you out to feel in control
But you’re the only thing that ever felt whole
If you still feel me when you pray…
Know I’m haunted
By what I couldn’t say


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🎶 Verse 2
I lied and smiled to hide the weight
You knew, and waited at the gate
I saw the pain behind your grace
But couldn’t bear to face your face

I wanted you, I needed peace
But couldn’t give what I don’t keep
You gave me love like it was breath—
And I mistook it all for death


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🎶 Pre-Chorus
You read the silence like a vow
And I was speechless then, like now
But if my heart could find a voice
It’d call you back without a choice


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🎶 Chorus (repeat, with small lyric lift)
What I couldn’t say was: I was lost
And love like yours just cuts the frost
You held the light I turned away—
But I never meant to let it stray
So I buried truth in empty songs
While knowing where your love belongs
If you still feel me through the grey…
I’m still drowning
In what I couldn’t say


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🎶 Bridge
One day I’ll come undone
I’ll stop the run, I’ll face the sun
And maybe you’ll still hear my name
And maybe things won’t be the same…
But I’ll say it then
The words I choked—
I loved you more
Than you ever spoke


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🎶 Final Chorus (fragile, raw)
What I couldn’t say is all I feel
You were the only thing that’s real
And if your heart has room to wait…
I’ll find the strength
To speak too late
And maybe still—some other day…
I’ll show you
What I couldn’t say.