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EVERYTHING I DIDN'T SAY
ÉTHER DARK MOTIVATION
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At the funeral I stood and spoke for seven minutes
Told the stories that were safe enough to tell
Got the laughs I was supposed to get
And sat back down and carried back to hell
Everything I didn't say
The real things
The real things
The ones that cost too much in public
The ones that needed just the two of us and a Tuesday
And enough time
And he was gone before the Tuesday came
Everything I didn't say
Lived louder than the things I did
Everything I didn't say
Has been the rent I paid since I was just a kid
Who didn't know that time was not a renewable resource
That the people in your life aren't guaranteed a next time or later
Or of course
Everything I didn't say
Is the only thing I'd go back for
The only thing
I want
"I love you" shouldn't cost as much to say
Three words that live in the chest like foreign objects
Surrounded by the scar tissue of a family
That showed the love but never quite projected
The sound of it
The actual sound of a man telling another man he matters
Of a father telling a son he sees him
Of a son telling a father
Before the winter takes him
Before the winter takes him
Everything I didn't say
And the list is long and heavy
Everything I didn't say
To everyone who needed it already
Needed it last year
Needed it last decade
Needed it the morning after the fight
Everything I didn't say
Is the shadow that I carry
Into every conversation
Into every night
Into every room
Into every room
He's been gone four years
Last Tuesday I drove to the cemetery
Sat by the stone for an hour
Said everything
And he heard it
I know he heard it
And I'm saying now
To every person still breathing
Still here
Don't wait
Don't wait
Don't wait
For the storm
Say it now
Say it now
Now
Now
Now
Everything I didn't say
I'm saying it today
To everyone still here
Everyone still breathing
Everyone within reach
Everything I didn't say
Is coming out now
All of it
Every "I love you"
Every "I'm proud of you"
Every "I'm sorry"
Every "I see you"
Every "you matter"
Every step
Everything I didn't say
Today
It's ringing
Pick up
Please pick up