One Word

One word was al you hade to say and I would have 
One word
Would have told me everything I knew and kept you safe

Two words
Two words would have confirmed 
Made real what you couldn't say
Two words spoken then
Would have changed where we are today
And television shows wouldn't remind
Me of when we looked at each other that way

But maybe you did say
One word
Two words
But not the right way

Or maybe I didn't hear you
listen closely enough 
Or Speak your language 
And I missed what you were saying

When you said that one words 
Spoke those two words

I was far away and maybe 
the connection was bad
your voice didn't carry 
the wind was in my ears
I was watching the other horizon, seeking adventure
And missed your signals when you said

One word

Two words

That were really the three words

You couldn't say

That would have made me

Stay.