When I See You

[Chorus]
When I see you, my heart breaks,
I think of all we could have been.
Tears fill my eyes, they don’t mistake,
The love that slipped, the pain within.
When I see you, the emptiness flows,
The biggest regret my heart ever knows.
[Verse 1]
Your shadow lingers by the old pine,
Where we carved our names that July.
The wind whispers like it did back then,
But it carries your goodbye, again and again.
I walk the road where we used to dream,
But it feels so hollow, torn at the seams.
[Chorus]
When I see you, my heart breaks,
I think of all we could have been.
Tears fill my eyes, they don’t mistake,
The love that slipped, the pain within.
When I see you, the emptiness flows,
The biggest regret my heart ever knows.
[Bridge]
I wonder if you feel the same ache,
Or is your heart whole, not prone to break?
I chase ghosts, I can’t let go,
Caught in a world where you still show.
[Verse 2]
The porch light’s on, but it’s not for me,
Your laughter fades into a memory.
I hear your voice in the creek’s soft song,
But it fades too quickly, it don’t last long.
I hold on to what I can’t erase,
Your name still echoes in this empty space.
[Chorus]
When I see you, my heart breaks,
I think of all we could have been.
Tears fill my eyes, they don’t mistake,
The love that slipped, the pain within.
When I see you, the emptiness flows,
The biggest regret my heart ever knows.

melodic, breaks, acoustic with fingerpicked guitar and soft fiddle accents; male vocals, sad, country