I don’t mean to ask you to do what I can barely handle
I’m the one who’s getting all the help
I have everybody on my side ready for battle
And you were fighting your war by yourself

You had so many more demons to wrestle than I did
If not my mind, at least my body works
It’s not your fault that I’m too late in thinking of you
I won’t ask which one of us was more hurt

But I keep daydreaming that one day you would know
Keep forgetting that you aren’t going to be there
I keep wishing that I could make you proud of me
You’re the only one who didn’t know I failed

And I miss you now
Oh, I just miss you now
I’m sorry for not realizing before
But I miss you now

I wish that I could have two words with you
That I could tell you things I hadn’t known before
I wish I realized sooner what I was gonna lose
And could’ve been with you a little more

Sometimes I walk the streets and forget
That you’re not coming back. Gone means gone.
At least you’re not feeling any hurt or upset
Is that really supposed to console anyone

I keep daydreaming that one day you would hear
Keep having to remind myself you can’t
There’s no way that I could make you proud of me
You’ll never smile at me again

And I miss you now
Oh, I just miss you now
I’m sorry for not realizing before
But I miss you now

Should I talk to you by talking to myself
Should I pretend you can hear me if I pray
Can it make sense for God to strike us both and still be real
But you’re really, truly gone away

And I miss you now
Oh, I just miss you now
I’m sorry for not realizing before
But I miss you now