too many yesterdays ago

music bound unlikely souls in nature

not the same a common ground

was walked a friendship that defied cliche

then a question spread like cancer

and since that day his silence hides

the things he couldn't say

so many years have come and gone

like precious treasures trampled on a fear

that eats you like decay

unspoken questions drove away

the things he couldn't say

disconnection separates and all I can do is watch

like a spectator in a gallery of pain at arms length

like a grief observed surreal a mannequin

acceptance of this cruel severance pay

for all the things he couldn't say

so many years have come and gone

like precious treasures trampled on a fear

that eats you like decay

unspoken questions drove away

the things he couldn't say with hearts

like finest china and feet of solid clay

we set indefinite delays

for all the things we couldn't say

so many years have come and gone

like precious treasures trampled on a fear

that eats you like decay

unspoken questions drove away

the things he couldn't say

but it's not too late

say you'll stay forever

say you'll stay for now

it's not too late

the things they couldn't say