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Too Late
I am walking down the alley,
considering this now to be a strange valley.
A world so lonely without you.
I think of all the things I could’ve done,
Maybe then I’d still be the lucky one.
It was just the wrong time,
when you told me that it was your prime,
when you told me you wanted me there.
I told you, it wasn’t fair,
but it seemed like I didn’t care.
I can still remember the tears in your eyes,
Thinking that I was telling you lies
but really I had to work late,
God, I am so sorry for making you wait.
So instead you went on your own
Didn’t answer when I called your phone
On my way there, I sighed with relief
but that moment was too short, too brief.
It wasn’t you calling me,
someone told me to come and see.
I drove crazy as hell
when I asked ‘what?’, they couldn’t tell.
I arrived at the scene,
Moving as if I was in a dream.
Police, ambulance-Oh my God no!
Please baby, hold don, don’t let go…
I ran to you,
like a crazy man, I didn’t know what to do.
‘Thank God!’, I said,
when I saw you lifting your head.
You turned and looked at me.
I will remember this moment for eternity.
There was a strange smile on your face,
Like you were an angel that didn’t belong in this place.
You reached out and told me that you loved me
That you were glad I was the last person you got to see
I didn’t comprehend, didn’t understand,
as I held your hand,
when you closed your eyes,
and wandered off to paradise.
I can’t remember for how long I cried,
I hated myself, wishing I was the one who died.
instead it was just too late,
because of that one moment, I had made you wait.
