Before You Left

We were young and blind, just passing time

Coffee cups and gravel roads

Laughed too loud, stayed out too late

Never thought we'd let it go

You were just a face across the firelight

I was too caught up to see

Every ordinary evening

Was a moment I should keep

I wish I knew it was the good old days

Before you packed your bags and slipped away

I'd have held on tighter, talked a little slower

Loved a little deeper, stayed a little longer

Now I'm standing in the silence

Trying to pretend that you were the best part of me

Before you left them

That old porch swing, don't creek the same

Since your laughter disappeared

And I replay our every memory

Just to feel like you were near

I thought forever meant forever

But time had other plans

Now I'm wishing I had recognized heaven

While it was in my hands

I wish I knew it was the good old days

Before you packed your bags and slipped away

I'd held on tighter, talked a little slower

Loved a little deeper, stayed a little longer

Now I'm standing in the silence

Trying to pretend that I didn't lose a bit

Before you left them

Now I chase the echo

Down back roads

Chained to the ghost I let go

If I could go back, I'd whisper to me

Don't let her leave without knowing she's home

I wish I knew it was the good old days

Before the light inside her eyes would fade

I'd held on tighter, talked a little slower

Loved a little deeper, stayed a little longer

Now I'm haunted by the echo

What goes on in the secret, made me go alone

Before the moment, before you left then