words i couldn t say

in a book in a box in the closet

in a line in a song i once heard

in a moment on a front porch

late one june

in a breath inside a whisper

beneath the moon

there it was at the tip of my fingers

there it was on the tip of my tongue

there you were and i had never been that far

there it was the whole world

wrapped inside my arms

and i let it all slip away --

chorus

what do i do now that you re gone

no back up plan no second chance

and no one else to blame

all i can hear in the silence

that remains

are the words i couldn t say

there s a rain that ll

never stop falling

there s a wall that i ve tried to

take down

what i should ve said

just wouldn t pass my lips

so i held back and now we ve

come to this

and it s too late now --

repeat chorus

what do i do now that you re gone

no back up plan no second chance

and no one else to blame

all i can hear in the silence

that remains

are the words i couldn t say

are the words i couldn t say

i should have found a way

to tell you how i felt

now the only one i m tellin is myself

what do i do now that you re gone

repeat chorus

no back up plan no second chance

and no one else to blame

all i can hear in the silence

that remains

are the words i couldn t say

what do i do what do i say

and no one else to blame

all i can hear in the silence that

remains

are the words i couldn t say