SPEAK NOW

written 2/13/2009

“Upon hearing the news that she was engaged…”

I wish she had told me to fasten my seatbelt
The moment when she felt that we were
Headed toward an emergency landing
Maybe then I could’ve broken the fall
Instead she said nothing, went cowardly running
I guess that it’s something she does
When the going gets tough, it don’t matter enough
To explain herself to someone she loves
And people grow tired of hearing her name
And how I’m the one, the one to blame
For losing a woman as wholesome as her
But am I really to blame or is it the same
The burden we carry that goes unexplained
She wanted a ring, I wanted the fame
And they ask, would I do it again if I could
Maybe I should go get her back but is that what’s good
For us both in the end when it’s all said and done
I’m gonna find someone better
CHORUS:
Speak now or forever hold a piece of my heart
I hope you know what to say when they get
To the part where he asks if you do
Will you really go through with it, baby?
And I know you’re gonna look so beautiful on that day
The day when you’re given away to another man
But I’ll understand cause I still love you
Go ahead now and say ‘I do’

I bet you didn’t know that your friends called me
Cause they’re concerned that you’re not genuinely
Happy with him, they can tell you pretend
Cause you just wanna believe that you’ve found
The life you wanna live but really ain’t nothing changed
The cast is different but we know the story’s the same
So cliché how so many end up this way
And we don’t even talk anymore but I know
When you’re lying in bed next to him
And the thought of me enters your head
That your heart beats a little bit faster
CHORUS