Never Said Goodbye

[Verse 1] I was late by a day, maybe more Thought I’d have the time like I did before Played back every call I missed Now silence is all that answers this [Pre-Chorus] There’s a seat where you used to be Still saving space, like that would bring you to me [Chorus] You’re the shadow in the back of my mind The name I reach for when I run out of time The echo I hear when the world goes quiet The voice I feel when I need to fight it You were gone before I knew why And I never I never said goodbye [Verse 2] I still find your handwriting in old drawers Half-finished notes and unlocked doors I keep the shirt you left behind Folded like I could turn back time [Pre-Chorus] And every crowd feels like a test Looking for you in every westbound sunset [Chorus] You’re the line that I still can’t write The dream that hits me hardest at night The breath I lose when the light feels cold The story I keep but never told You were gone before I knew why And I never I never said goodbye [Bridge] No last laugh No final line Just a calendar full of phantom time No warning light No final breath Just everything unsaid And everything left [Final Chorus] You’re the scar beneath every sound The missing piece that still pulls me down But I sing like you’re hearing this now Like you’d be proud somehow I’m still standing, but I won’t lie It still breaks me That I never said goodbye