The Grave Knows What I Wouldn’t Say (Alt Version)

I held the truth behind locked teeth You needed warmth, I gave you grief The night you fell, I watched the flame And never once called out your name

The grave knows what I wouldn’t say Holds it in that lonesome clay I bit my tongue, I played the part Now the dirt just holds my heart I ride, but never far away — From the grave and what I wouldn’t say

You asked for words, I gave a stare Too proud to bend, too gone to care Now silence sits where love once grew And I talk more to crows than I do you

The grave knows what I wouldn’t say Etched in stone and cold decay You whispered truth, I turned my head And every word I missed is dead They think I’m strong, but I decay — In the grave of what I wouldn’t say

I ain’t the man I claimed to be But the ground don’t lie, and it’s holdin’ me

The grave knows what I wouldn’t say It echoes back in shades of gray No preacher’s voice can set it right No fire burns through that kind of night I ride alone, I face each day — But the grave still knows what I wouldn’t say

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