Late Goodbye

Charlotte Lyrics: I got a call on a Tuesday afternoon Voice on the line said she left too soon Years in the ground, no one told me a thing Mother of my boy, like a ghost on the wind I stood there frozen, the room spun around All of those memories came crashing down You were the only one I ever asked to stay Down on one knee, gave my heart away We never made it to "I do," but God, I tried Now you're gone forever, and I'm left behind I ran so far just to kill the pain Chased new horizons through the pouring rain But the hurt caught up in the cruelest way This late goodbye, these words I never got to say We burned so bright then we burned it down Words like weapons, tore our little world apart I packed my bags under cover of night Left town running from the dying light Thought distance would heal what love couldn't save Didn't know fate would dig your grave Our son grew up with pieces of you in his eyes And I never knew I was saying forever goodbye You were the only one I ever asked to stay Down on one knee, gave my heart away We never made it to "I do," but God, I tried Now you're gone forever, and I'm left behind I ran so far just to kill the pain Chased new horizons through the pouring rain But the hurt caught up in the cruelest way This late goodbye, these words I never got to say Did you think of me in your final days? Did our son ever mention my name? All the should-have-beens and the might-have-beens Are heavy as the stone they laid you in I hope you found some peace where you are I hope the pain we caused feels small from afar **(Final Chorus - softer, then building)** You were the only one... the only one Who ever held my future in her hands We never made it, but you still own a part Of this broken man with a beating heart I moved the mountains just to dull the ache But some love you carry no matter how far you break I'm sorry I ran... I'm sorry it's late Rest easy, my love... this is my late goodbye Mother of my son... gone before I knew These tears are old and somehow brand new Wherever you are, I hope you hear me now I loved you then... I'm still loving you somehow.