Atone

I.

Funny to think

You're out in this town

We could pass on the streets

But eyes to the ground.

And we'd move like strangers

Like we never knew

All the quiet confessions

I once heard from you.

We were close for a moment

Never missing a call

Thought there might be a future

Now denying it all.

Chorus.

And I know words won't take 

what I did away

They won't give you back 

what I took that day

I was reckless with truth

I was cruel with your trust

I kept you in waiting

When I knew I'd turned to dust

Every night that I held you

Cost you weeks on your own

I have broken something

I can't mend or atone.

II.

I try to tell myself 

At least I said goodbyes

But the turn of my leaving

Must've sharpened your doubts.

And I still catch myself

Years out, from your door

Wondering how much 

I shattered you so.

I could say I'm sorry

But what would that prove?

Some wounds heal in distance

Not in words I could use.

(Repeat chorus)

Outro.

So I carry the weight 

Of the love I undid

You were hurt in my leaving 

But the guilt's where I stay.

And it won't be forgiven

No, it won't disappear

Just a quiet reminder

You once held me dear.