Late Stage

from Non Compos Mentis by Neil Heaton

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Take me back
When you were still here
No idea you were leaving
Come to think of it was early last year
I could still go on believing

I think of all the times I could have said just what I mean
But I wasn't who I needed to be
How can I be with you and feel I'm somewhere else
As if you couldn't tell that already

Ain't it funny how the time slips away
I thought it would last forever
We could see each other just a minute each day
But count on me to write a letter

I think of all the times I could have said just what I mean
But I wasn't who I needed to be
Standing next to you and still the moment isn't right
I guess it's not the night, now is it

Now we go through life
With a cloud overhead
Words have been said all about you
So sick of hearing that it has to make sense
There's none to be found when we're without you

I'll see you later tonight
I'll see you in your light

I think of all the times I could have said just what I mean
But I wasn't who I needed to be
How can I be with you and feel I'm somewhere else
As if you couldn't tell that already
I think of all the times I could have said just what I mean
But I wasn't who I needed to be
All sorts of feelings but I never let them show
I just thought you should know that about me

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from Non Compos Mentis, released March 30, 2017

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