Missed My Chance - Griffin House

Passed through Main Street yesterday and, 
oh, this town just ain't the same 
Looked in the window and it was gone 
All those tables I'd written on 
We're vanished as if I had never been there 
Like the poets and prophets who can't find the words so they stare 
And all that made sense has somehow turned askew I missed my chance with you 

There were seconds then minutes then years that I could not breathe 
In the Pere Lachaise with the hammer the chisel and the stone 
Now I've bartered and begged for what I believed 
And I saw that the name engraved was my own 
Now there's nothing so peaceful as when I met you 
And there's nothing so lonely as when it was through 
And the words "I'm not here anymore" echo into? 
"I missed my chance with you" 

Had love play so many tricks on me 
I've always felt cheated that you'd make me leave 
Like taking my sight after letting me see 
I found out love had something up it's sleeve 
Leave me scattered like leaves by winds that never blew 
When I captured the starts in the palm of my hand it was true 
I'd just give them back 
To you 

I was seventeen, but just for one year 
I always knew one day I'd end up here 
And the sands have now fallen to the evening of my afternoon 
I was always so ready to stay and always leaving to soon 
And I don't want to think about it now, but I do 
And my spirit is restless, 'cause I know it's true 
I missed my chance with you.