I Never Told Her

Before the war This was a church Before the war Came in through the roof They left the rubble For all the tourist They fenced it all off Because of insurance I sat at the back With your invitation And witnessed the vows To your secular wedding And thought how I never told her How close we were For hope not to lose her But I lost you both Before our parents were born This church had a steeple And it held all the secrets Of all those dead people A few years ago I said your name every day Before we decided To throw our friendship away But still, I never told her How close we were I never told her I never told her How close we were For hope not to lose her But I lost you both And as you stand alone In your wedding dress It wouldn't matter now If I was to confess Oh we were younger then And no one ever knew What you meant to me And what I meant to you I stared at the names On your invitation Stood up slowly In your standing ovation The sun shone through the glass That used to be stained I followed you out But the ruins remained