Unsaid

There’s a quiet in the room tonight
Like the air knows something I don’t
Your picture on the wall still leans
Like it’s waiting for a hand to hold

I memorized the way you moved
The pauses in between
All the words you almost chose
But never let me see

I replay every moment slow
Trying to find the break
Where love began to disappear
Without a sound or shake

We built a world on almosts
On maybe and we’ll see
And now the only thing that’s left
Is what you didn’t say to me

It’s the unsaid that hurts the most
The silence louder than goodbye
The space between your heartbeat and mine
Where all our promises lie
It’s the unsaid that follows me
In every empty doorway
If you had only said my name
Maybe I would’ve stayed

I still hear your footsteps fade
Like a rhythm in the hall
Funny how the smallest sounds
Can feel the biggest of them all

I kept waiting for your voice
To break the tension thin
But the truth got trapped inside
And never made it in

I don’t blame the way you left
Or how the night grew cold
I blame the words we buried deep
Too scared to let unfold

We stood so close to honesty
But fear pulled back the reins
Now I’m drowning in the echo
Of a love that stayed unnamed

It’s the unsaid that hurts the most
The silence louder than goodbye
The space between your heartbeat and mine
Where all our promises lie
It’s the unsaid that follows me
In every empty doorway
If you had only said my name
Maybe I would’ve stayed

Maybe you were breaking too
Maybe I just couldn’t see
Maybe we were both afraid
Of what the truth would be

If I could stand in front of you
With nothing left to hide
I’d tell you every fragile thing
I swallowed deep inside

It’s the unsaid that changed it all
The silence that we let decide
The love we left suspended there
With nowhere left to hide
It’s the unsaid that made me strong
Even as it broke me
Now I’m learning how to speak
Before the moment leaves

No more almost
No more maybe
No more silence in my chest

If I love, I’ll say it
If I hurt, I’ll face it
I won’t leave it unsaid again