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We couldn't say them
so now we just pray them
Words that we couldn't say

Funny ain't it
games people play
scratch it, paint it
one in the same

We couldn't find them
so we tried to hide them
Words that we couldn't say

It hurts don't it
fools on parade
taint it, own it
chase it away

We couldn't make them
so we had to break them
Words that we couldn't say

Sometimes baby
we make mistakes
dark and hazy
prices we pay

I sit here on my shelf
just talking to myself
Words that we couldn't say

Someday, maybe
we'll make it right
until that day
long endless nights

We couldn't say them
so now we just pray them
Words that we couldn't say

Someday, maybe
we'll make it right
Until that day
long endless nights

We couldn't save them,
so now we just pray them
Words that we couldn't say

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lord_vericuut On Jul 10, 2002

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by Yuffers

21y ago

this song makes me so sad... there are sometimes regrets you have from not telling someone something that you needed to say, and someday, maybe, you'll have the chance to make it right.

every time i hear this song, i think of Mike, my teacher who was shot and killed, and i regret that i never told him how much i cared about him and how much i enjoyed talking to him each day. it breaks my heart.

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