I Never Knew You ft. Emma Rowley Lyrics

How can I miss you

I never knew you

You were a mystery

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I stare at your picture, never aging

Always the same

I wonder how life would be, if you had remained

The family was fractured, but I never knew

The truth

How would my life be

Would I be happy

Would we have been close

I'd like to think so

But we'll never know

Because you were gone, and no, they weren't alone, but they were alone

The loss, the grief, it never ends, but I hope that we meet in the end

I've never known the sound of your voice, the way you laughed or how you cried

Would you have lived up to all my hype, or have I built you up too high

The truth is that I never knew you

So I don't know if you were good, if you were kind

But I've got clues and pieces that give me peace of mind

Boxes of your life, brought out into the light

You had nineteen years, and in that time, you changed lives

As one witness wrote

I know last week was a very sad time in your life

But I wanted to let you know what your son did to make mine very happy, a seven year old

On his own time, with his own dime, went out of way to buy a birthday cake

You see there, was a strike, and on this night, in that short span, of his life, on that day, he saved the day

With a 7-11 cake

You were taken so damn young

How can I miss you, I never knew you

You were a mystery, subject taboo

I stare at your picture, always the same

I wonder how life would be if you had remained

You can't idolize the past

The history is done

Your loss I feel, two strangers never to meet

Our family is incomplete

What could have been will never be known

I was told, never to ask, never discuss

The past is the past

But that just made me curious, and I'd fill in the gaps

Not knowing the truth

A life cut too short

How can I miss you, I never knew you

You were a mystery, subject taboo

I stare at your picture, always the same

I wonder how life would be if you had remained

But we'll never know

We'll never know

We'll never know

We'll never know

We'll never know

We will never know

How can I miss you

I never knew you

You were a mystery

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