I Wish from Life Lessons by Second Chance Charade

[Verse 1]
I never write in pen,
’Cause ink don’t let me fix mistakes or take ’em back again.
But tonight it feels appropriate
these pages need the permanence
of every shaky line I trace
exposing everything I never say.
And maybe all my words seem hollow
when you hear them spoken out loud,
but they’re the only things that keep me here
when the world gets too damn loud.


[Pre-Chorus]
I loved you…
I miss you…
Yeah, I still replay every version of us
that we never got to choose.


[Chorus]
I wish things turned out differently,
but wishes never rewrite the past.
They’re just ghosts of what we wanted
haunting everything we had.
And maybe someday you’ll stumble on this
long after I’ve gone too far
but I hope you feel the ink still warm
from the beating of my heart.


[Verse 2]
It’s been so long since we talked,
every month a new distance I can’t cross.
Little hope hangs in my chest
like a picture frame of the life we lost.
Maybe someday you’ll still reach out,
maybe someday you’ll call my name
but someday’s just a promise
with no one left to blame.


[Bridge]
If you ever read this after I’m gone,
just know you never left my thoughts.
I never stopped loving you
not once, not ever, not even when it hurt the most.


[Chorus]
I wish things turned out differently,
but wishes never change the past.
Still, I leave them here in pen and fear
’cause ink is all I have.
And if these words outlive me,
I hope they’re everything you need
to know I never forgot you,
and I always hoped you’d find your peace.

• Acoustic
• Alternative
• emo
• midwest emo
• Waynesboro