Lyrics
[Verse 1] You said it half asleep.
You said it like it's known.
You didn't check my face.
You said it and went home.
It took you half a second.
To you it was that small.
You haven't thought about it since.
I haven't stopped at all.
You'd tell me it was nothing.
You'd laugh it off, I know.
Go on then. Laugh it off.
It's still not going to go.
[Chorus] Your words stay forever.
You can throw them out. Whatever.
They're staying. And there's more
forever and much more.
[Post-Chorus] Your words stay forever.
You can leave them on the floor.
Your words stay forever
forever and much more.
[Verse 2] I take them out at night.
I've worn them nearly through.
Eleven words or so.
They still do what they do.
There was a year back there
I don't bring it up a lot.
You never even knew it.
Your words were all I'd got.
You don't get to take them back.
You gave them. They're mine.
You can say you didn't mean it.
I'm keeping them. That's fine.
[Chorus] Your words stay forever.
You can throw them out. Whatever.
They're staying. And there's more
forever and much more.
[Post-Chorus] Your words stay forever.
You can leave them on the floor.
Your words stay forever
forever and much more.
[Bridge] I've never told you this.
Years of not telling you.
You'd have made it small again.
You always do.
So here it is out loud:
you did something that day.
You didn't mean to do it.
You did it anyway.
You won't remember saying it.
You don't have to. I'm sure.
One of us remembers
forever and much more.
[Chorus] Your words stay forever.
You can throw them out. Whatever.
They're staying. And there's more
forever and much more.
[Post-Chorus] Your words stay forever.
You can leave them on the floor.
Your words stay forever
forever and much more.