Roles - Taxes Lyrics

I didn't want to break his hope, you can't just shut that down
I didn't want to break his hope
We never had that conversation

A little bit of denial, is a natural reaction
But he was almost numb to it, I don't think he was taking it in
He was still talking about it, like it was just some passing thing
He'd still talk about doing his taxes, like somehow he'd still be hanging in

I didn't want to break his hope, you can't just shut that down
I didn't want to break his hope
We never had that conversation

He was still talking like that, even at the hospice
Like he'd be around to do his taxes, like somehow he was going to live
I knew it was not like that and yeah it was hard to hear
But if he had accepted it, I don't think it would been easier

I didn't want to break his hope, you can't just shut that down
I didn't want to break his hope
We never had that conversation

In the end, I think he knew
The last time we saw each other
There was no goodbye
But he told me to look after my brother