What I'd Say
Earl Thomas Conley
Talkin to the mirror
Whisperin your name
Just like you were here, you'd think I was insane
I hold these conversations in the silence of my room
Rehearsing all the things id say should I run into you
How's it going might be what I'd say
You broke my heart you know
Or it looks like rain today
Or maybe god I missed you since you went away
Your lookin well
Or go to hell might be what I'd say
There's times I feel so angry I'd put my fist right through the wall
Then there's times I've come so close to giving you a call
I love you and I hate you all at the same time
I pray that you'll come back to me before I lose my mind
How's it going might be what I'd say
You broke my heart you know
Or it looks like rain today
Or maybe god I missed you since you went away
Your lookin well
Or go to hell might be what id say
Guess you'll have to wait until that day
To find out what I'd say
God I missed you since you went away
Your looking well
Or go to hell
Might be what I'd say


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    I love this song. It speaks to a very dark time in getting over a relationship. He's having such a hard time moving on that he imagines that first encounter. He doesn't even know how he'll react. The last line of "I guess you'll have to wait until that day to find out what I'd say" is particularly haunting.

    darkhorneton December 27, 2012   Link
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    I love you and I hate you all at at the same time

    krismeon March 18, 2020   Link

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