Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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You don't ever speak a word to me
Unless it's from the bottom of your heart
And, love, I hope you couldn't see
How torn I was when we were torn apart

But if I had it my way
Oh the nights wouldn't be so cold
If I had it my way
You and I would be our home
If I had it my way
I'd have never left you all alone
But it seems this life is not mine
It seems this life is not mine

Would you bring such woeful songs to be
If you’re the best thing that's ever happened to me?
Is it better to have loved and left
Than never to have left at all?

I feel you cry when I call

Please, love, don't let me die
Without your fingers laced in mine
At least one more time
One more night

You and I sit in a crowded room
But all I see is you and I say
"Hey, where's my anniversary gift?"
And you lift our clasped hands and reply
"This is it"
And in that moment
Every second spent wishing
All of the hoping and missing
Every sad thought of you
And every honest pursuit of love
In the wrong direction
Melts away
And I look down at my younger self and say
"You better cherish every second you hold that hand.
'Cause you may never get to feel this way again."

Credits:
From The Silent Siren (Knocking and Running Away), released May 13, 2017
Drums, guitar, bass, and vocals: Giorgio Fareira
Piano: Ren Reed
Lead Guitar: Steven Gridley
Additional Vocals: Ande Fanning, Sarah Lancaster, Anne Axworthy, Jonathan Axworthy

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