Not here, not now like this
Not when I don't know how to exist
Without you
Can't quell these fears that this is where
I let you down and didn't know how to care
Couldn't know
Even so
And I could write a thousand words
That speak of distant lives
With all the colors of the stars
I'd paint the day's demise
And I would sing a song so sweet
The mockingbird would cry
A thousand words are in my heart
And I won't let you die
Oh, no, so let me say
There has to be another way
Beyond this
Will trade the safety of your world
The one I once belonged to like you
Never knew
So true
And I could write a thousand words
That speak of distant lives
With all the colors of the stars
I'd paint the day's demise
And I would sing a song so sweet
The mockingbird would cry
A thousand words are in my heart
And I won't let you die
These are not the words I would have chosen
Time makes all things pass away
But I
Am outside
And I can give this very night to you
Like you gave me the day
And I could write a thousand words
That speak of distant lives
With all the colors of the stars
I'd paint the day's demise
And I would sing a song so sweet
The mockingbird would cry
A thousand words are in my heart
And I won't let you die