The things we never said

The Things We Never Said [Intro – Soft piano, rain, distant Paris street ambience] [Male – Spoken, intimate] It’s strange… How someone can disappear from your life Without ever really leaving it. [Female – Whispered] Do you remember Thursdays? [Verse 1 – Male baritone] There was a café by the river, Where the summer turned to rain. You would play until the morning, I would miss the last night train. We were young enough for dreaming, Old enough to understand. Some things live between two people Without ever being planned. [Verse 2 – Female alto] You would talk about tomorrow, I would laugh about today. We were careful with our feelings, Like they’d break if we gave way. There were words beneath the silence, There were moments we both knew. But the world was moving faster Than the time I had with you. [Pre-Chorus – Female, softly] And the years became a distance, And the distance turned to time. But some memories keep breathing Long after their goodbye. [Chorus – Male and female harmonies] All the things we never said, All the roads we never tried. All the letters never written, All the tears we kept inside. We were never meant forever, We were never meant to stay. But some love becomes a lifetime Even when it fades away. [Instrumental – Rhodes, warm bass, muted trumpet, analogue arpeggio] [Verse 3 – Male] Thirty winters came between us, Different houses, different names. I had loved and I had lived, But that melody remained. Then I found myself in Paris, On a quiet Thursday night. And the café by the river Still was burning with its light. [Verse 4 – Female] You were standing in the doorway, With the years upon your face. And for just a fleeting moment, We were young in that old place. We spoke softly of our children, Of the lives we’d come to know. And I realised I was grateful For the years we’d let us grow. [Chorus – Intimate duet] All the things we never said, All the roads we never tried. All the letters never written, All the tears we kept inside. We were never meant forever, We were never meant to stay. But some love becomes a lifetime Even when it fades away. [Bridge – Drums fall away, solo piano] [Female – Spoken] Do you ever wonder? [Male – Spoken] Sometimes. [Female] Would you change anything? [Pause] [Male] No. Because then… We wouldn’t be who we are. [Female – Sung softly] Je garde encore nos souvenirs, Comme une lumière dans la nuit. (I still keep our memories, Like a light within the night.) [Final Chorus – Gentle emotional lift] Here’s to all we never said, And the dreams we never knew. Here’s to every road that led me To the memory of you. I don’t need another lifetime, I don’t need another day. Some love isn’t meant for keeping, Some love shows us who we are. [Outro – Piano, distant rain] [Male – Whispered] Goodnight, Camille. [Female – Whispered] Au revoir, mon amour. [Instrumental outro – Solo piano melody dissolves into tape hiss and rain]