in the quiet of the night
I sit and wonder why
the words you spoke the tears you cried
I never saw them in your eyes
a puzzle piece a missing part
a silent scream within your heart
I thought I knew you but now I find
I never really understood you at all
oh how I wish I could turn back time
to see the truth that lay behind your smile
I'm haunted by the thoughts I left behind
hating that I never knew you
never knew you like I should
you
I walked beside you yet so far
a shadow in your light
a stranger to your deepest fears
a ghost in your delight
the laughter shared the moments lost
a veil over the cost
I thought I held you but I held a dream
a shadow of the real you it seems
oh how I wish I could turn back time
to see the truth that lay behind your smile
I'm haunted by the thoughts I left behind
hating that I never knew you
never knew you like I should
in the silence I hear your voice
a whisper in the void
telling me the secrets the pain the joy you never show
I reach out but you're not there
a phantom in the air
I'm left with nothing but
the echoes of the love I never dared
oh how I wish I could turn back time
to see the truth that lay behind your smile
I'm haunted by the thoughts I left behind
hating that I never knew you
never knew you like I should
now I stand in the rain with the memories we made
realizing the love we had was never fully laid
I hate that I didn't know the depths of your soul
but I'll carry this regret until I'm old