I found your words on an old phone tonight
Faded like stars at the edge of the light
Dust on the screen but your heart shining through
Telling a story I never once knew
You were holding on
While I slipped away
You were building a dream
I was walking away
I kept reading line by line
Twenty years still trapped inside
Every word became a sign
Of a wound that never died
Twenty years later
I’m learning your pain
Twenty years later
The memories remain
I searched for your name
With my head hanging low
Just to say I’m sorry
For the hurt I didn’t know
Twenty years later
The silence remains
I read every message again and again
Trying to see who I was back then
Trying to look through the eyes of that girl
Who carried a kindness untouched by the world
We never can know
What another heart hides
We never can see
What survives deep inside
Pre-Chorus
For the first time in my life
I could see what I had missed
All the things I never heard
Hidden in the words you left
Twenty years later
I’m learning your pain
Twenty years later
The memories remain
I searched for your name
With my head hanging low
Just to say I’m sorry
For the hurt I didn’t know
Twenty years later
The silence remains
Then I found your face
Frozen there in time
The same eyes looking back
From another life
I reached for your name
Like a man reaching home
But the screen told the truth
You had long since gone
Still blocked
After all these years
Still blocked
After all these tears
Maybe that’s fair
Maybe that’s right
Maybe some wounds
Outlive the night
Twenty years later
I’m learning your pain
Twenty years later
The memories remain
I don’t need forgiveness
I don’t need a chance
I only needed the courage
To finally understand
That I’m sorry
For the girl I hurt
Without ever knowing
I’m sorry
For the love I had
Without ever showing
Twenty years later
I’m learning your pain
Twenty years later
The memories remain
I searched for your name
With my head hanging low
Just to say I’m sorry
For the hurt I didn’t know
Twenty years later
The silence remains
Twenty years later
The silence remains