The way you almost held my hand, dear The time you kissed my cheek The words that never left your lips, love But I heard week after week The waltzes that we left untaken The glances drove us mad The life we didn't live together And the love that we

Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard Words that I never heard? My woman is gone (woman is gone) If you see me, if you see me, if you see me She had left me a note hanging on my door She say she couldn't take it, she couldn't take any more The pressure

The words that you needed so bad Ooh, but I'm scared to death That there may not be another one like this And I confess That I'm only holding on by a thin, thin thread I'm kicking the curb 'cause you never heard And I'm kicking the dirt 'cause I never

As the world burns Beneath the ground Godspeed hell bound Shattered cries of the Prayers never heard War of the gods that Drown out of words Decisions that kill And bullets that fly