[Chorus]

Listen, i'm sorry i had to leave

You called cryin', said you couldn't breath

Said the nights were cold, like i'm still gone

But you're never alone, you're in this song

I remember your laugh, i remember your voice

If i had the power, i'd give you the choice

To break those walls and come back home

But until then, i'll carry you in every poem

[Verse 1]

I checked in broken, head full of rain

White walls, long nights, drowning in pain

Then i met you alice, light in the gray

You cracked a smile and lit up the day

We were strangers, then best friends in a blink

Talk deep, 'till the meds make it hard to think

Played cards, made jokes, pushed back the tears

In a place where time don't feel like years

You told me your story, i told you mine

Two souls in the dark, tryin' hard to shine

I was lost, but with you i found peace

In a place meant to break us we found release

[Chorus]

Listen, i'm sorry i had to leave

You called cryin', said you couldn't breath

Said the nights were cold, like i'm still gone

But you're never alone, you're in this song

I remember your laugh, i remember your voice

If i had the power, i'd give you the choice

To break those walls and come back home

But until then, i'll carry you in every poem

[Verse 2]

Back home now, but the silence is loud

Missin' the talks, the laughs and the [?]

Every phone call cuts deep like a knife

Wishin' i could give you a piece of my life

You said "i cried when you walked away"

I said im still with you, just not in the same place

Every night i replay our days again

Wishin' i could visit, just to ease your pain

You're my best friend, so when i'm gone

Remember we'll meet in heaven, and it won't be long

'Till then hold strong, wipe those tears

I'm just a thought away, i'm always near

This ain't goodbye, just a bend in the road

We wrote a chapter that still holds gold

[Chorus]

Listen, i'm sorry i had to leave

You called cryin', said you couldn't breath

Said the nights were cold, like i'm still gone

But you're never alone, you're in this song

I remember your laugh, i remember your voice

If i had the power, i'd give you the choice

To break those walls and come back home

But until then, i'll carry you in every poem

[Interlude]

Dear Alice, if you're listening now, close your eyes

Picture that garden where truth never dies

We made it through hell with [?] and scars

You're still with me, no matter how far

When the night gets dark, and the silence speaks

Just play this track when your heart feels weak

You're not forgotten, not for a second

You mattered then, and you still matter, reckon?

[Chorus]

Listen, i'm sorry i had to leave

You called cryin', said you couldn't breath

Said the nights were cold, like i'm still gone

But you're never alone, you're in this song

I remember your laugh, i remember your voice

If i had the power, i'd give you the choice

To break those walls and come back home

But until then, i'll carry you in every poem

[Outro]

Listen, i'm sorry i had to leave

You called cryin', said you couldn't breath

Said the nights were cold, like i'm still gone

But you're never alone, you're in this song

I remember your laugh, i remember your voice

If i had the power, i'd give you the choice

To break those walls and come back home

But until then, i'll carry you in every poem