Things I should have said

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[Verse 1: Dad]
I still see your hands, 
stained with oil and dust,
Turning wrenches,
 fixing things,
 building up the rust.
I sat in silence, watching close,
But I never learned the things I miss the most.
You’d hum old songs,
 half out of tune,
A cigarette burning in the afternoon.
You could fix anything with just your hands,
But I never learned how to be that kind of man.
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[Pre-Chorus]
I thought there’d be more time, 
more words to say,
Now I’m talking to the wind, 
hoping it carries your way.
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[Chorus]
These are the words I never said,
The lessons I wish I’d learned instead.
The questions left hanging in the air,
The moments I lost, the things I can’t repair.
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[Verse 2: Skylyn]
Sky you had this way of slowing time,
Soft-spoken patience when I’d lose my mind.
You’d wait through my storms, 
let the thunder die,
Never rushed the words, 
just met my eyes.
I wish I’d told you just once or twice,
You were my anchor, my peace, my light.
Maybe you knew, 
maybe you saw,
But damn, -
I wish I’d said it all.
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[Bridge: The What-Ifs]
If I could reach across the years,
Through all the silence, through all the tears…
I’d tell you, 
Dad,
 I should’ve asked,
To show me how to make things last.(Make things last)
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And Skylyn,
 I’d take your hand,
Say-
“You were more than you'll ever understand.”(understand)
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[Final Chorus: The Resolution]
These are the words I never said,
The lessons I wish I’d learned instead.
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But maybe somehow, you already knew,
Maybe love speaks without words, too.

Dark country stripped down and emotional with a slow deep male voice  Rock