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THOSE WORDS

(T. Beechey)



I tried to say "I love you" in a melody I played

Which was fated from the start,those words would not be revealed

But as time healed old wounds,I rectified the tune

But I soon came to realize my path to you was sealed



I tried to say "I love you" in a letter that I wrote

They floated round my head,those words,and never reached my pen

And when I was finally able to put those words in ink

The link between was broken,to not be joined again



Three little words,it never occured to me that I could not

Say or at best convey what life itself had taught

I knew the meaning but I was between a shadow and a wall

You never knew I was peeking through,you never saw at all



I tried to say "I love you" in a dream so long ago

But they lingered so,those words,even in my fantasy

When I found the key in reaching those words dangling above

Your love went to another and all alone was me



I tried to say "I love you" in a song I tried to sing

Which didn't ring true,those words just couldn't find a voice

I made a choice to wait,to find what I had lost

But the cost I paid for waiting was never to rejoice



Three little words,I've often heard others use the same

Three little words,but I preferred to play a waiting game

I thought in time I'd climb to reach what was just for me

But instead I just said nothing and what could would never be



I tried to say "I love you" to my image in a nirror

Just to hear if I could say those words just beyond my call

And each time there was silence from what reflected back

So,I dwell in the blackness 'tween the shadow and the wall