i never told you that i loved you i never told you that i cared those words were spinning round me could ve used them but i guess i left them hanging there i never told you i was leaving i just vanished in the air i left your mouth so full of questions and an empty rocking chair now all those dreams you dreamed of living where i was building fences round our yard i think i was building your defenses keeping others from my heart all those dreams became a nightmare just like smoke before my eyes i never told you that i loved you why oh why couldn t i i never told you that i loved you i never told you that i cared those words were spinning round me could ve used them but i guess i left them hanging there i never told you i was leaving i just vanished in the air i left your mouth so full of questions and an empty rocking chair as a child runs from danger that s how i ran from you now i m a perfect stranger i m just someone you once knew when did i ever get so cold to never shed a tear over all the pain i caused you and the regretlessness i feel i never told you that i loved you i never told you that i cared those words were spinning round me could ve used them but i guess i left them hanging there i never told you i was leaving i just vanished in the air i left your mouth so full of questions and an old empty rocking chair i left your lips equipped with questions and an answer i can t share