Lyric

On the night I missed your call

I stared at your name, then let it fall

You always smiled before you cried

Told jokes so you wouldn’t say goodbye

I knew you hid more than you showed

But I pretended not to know

If I had said just one more thing

Would you still be holding on?

We said “next time” like a promise

But next time never came

Happy birthday, though I’m late again

I still remember how your voice would bend

When you tried to act okay, but broke instead

I should’ve said I loved you then

Your cup’s still there, by my sink

Lipstick faded, just like me

You hated cold, but stayed outside

You always felt too much inside

If I could turn the sky around

Bring you back from where you went

I’d trade the words I never spoke

For one more moment then

Happy birthday, even if you’re gone

I still write your name in every song

I light a candle, watch the flame dance on

And whisper what I should’ve done

If love could echo through the years

Would it find you through my tears?

You were more than just a dream

You were the silence in between

Happy birthday, I’m still here for you

Even time can’t fade what we’ve been through

If you can hear me from wherever you flew

Please know my love was always true

That night... I should’ve said it too