You held the light when evening came You waited while I found my way I gave the usual easy words And left the better ones unsaid that day I forgot to say thank you I forgot to say thank you You made the silence feel less wide You stayed when leaving would have been I treated kindness like the air And never named the air as friend I forgot to say thank you I forgot to say thank you I forgot the weight of ordinary care Until the care had disappeared Now every small and quiet gift Returns in sharper softer light I almost speak the missing line Then close my mouth against the night I forgot to say thank you I forgot to say thank you I forgot to say thank you And time refused to wait I still rehearse the simpler phrase The one that might have been enough I still believe the air might hear If I speak soft and long enough I forgot to say thank you I forgot to say thank you I forgot To say thank you