Half a Thought

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

Half a line sits waiting on the page

The pen rolled off and landed by the door

I wanted to tell you everything I saved

But the words broke down before the floor

I wrote your name and then I stopped

My hand kept moving but the ink went dry

Something in the window made me drop

The sentence that I couldn't even try

[Pre-Chorus]

And I wonder where the ending goes

When the middle still refuses to show

[Chorus]

Unfinished stanza

Left me with my open hand

Unfinished stanza

Half a thought I never planned

Unfinished stanza

Trailing off into the land

Of everything I couldn't stand to say out loud

[Verse 2]

Second verse a different kind of ache

Started strong then stumbled at the gate

I wanted to give you something real and true

But the corners of my heart were overdue

I measured every syllable by weight

I picked them up and put them back in place

And somewhere in the middle of the night

The page went blank and so did I

[Pre-Chorus]

And I wonder if you'd even care

If I left the final question in the air

[Chorus]

Unfinished stanza

Left me with my open hand

Unfinished stanza

Half a thought I never planned

Unfinished stanza

Trailing off into the land

Of everything I couldn't stand to say out loud

[Bridge]

Maybe some things are meant to hang

Like a bell that never rings

Maybe what I couldn't write

Is the truest of the things

So I'll leave the ink to dry

I'll leave the page half-turned

Some stories find their ending

In the spaces left unlearned

[Chorus]

Unfinished stanza

Left me with my open hand

Unfinished stanza

Half a thought I never planned

Unfinished stanza

Trailing off into the land

Of everything I couldn't stand to say out loud

[Chorus]

Unfinished stanza

(Unfinished)

Left me with my open hand

(Open hand)

Unfinished stanza

(Half a thought)

Half a thought I never planned

(Never planned)

Unfinished stanza

(Trailing off)

Trailing off into the land

Of everything I couldn't stand to say out loud

[Outro]

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