In theory it’s the simplest thing

When I speak to only say words that I mean

All to frequently I acquiesce

I just say yes when I don’t want to

Just lately it’s occurred to me

It actually comes down to integrity   

If I only say things to appease, or just to please

I’m pleasing no one

All the things I never said

Late at night I say them in my head

The things I wish I could say now

The perfect words go round and round

All the regrets I shouldn’t have

But it’s too late and it’s too bad

All the things I never said

I confess it is the hardest thing

I can find it awkward to say what I mean

Sometimes it comes out sounding mean, which I don’t mean

I was trying for honesty

Sometimes it is the strangest thing

I can’t even decipher what I mean

And when I realise it too late

The moment has escaped

And I didn’t tell you

All the things I never said

Late at night I say them in my head

The things I wish I could say now

The perfect words go round and round

All the regrets I shouldn’t have

But it’s too late and it’s too bad

All the things I never said

To have boundaries is like a superpower

It takes courage to tell someone when they have let you down

It’s so risky to tell someone you love her

I’ll learn to say the things I mean

Resentment won’t have its home in me

All the things I never said

Late at night I say them in my head

The things I wish I could say now

The perfect words go round and round

All the regrets I shouldn’t have

But it’s too late and it’s too bad

All the things I never said