Song Description

There are things we live through... and things we carry. "What I Wouldn't Give" is about the words left unsaid -- the moment we let pass, the truth we couldn't speak, and the echo that never stops calling. It's not just about missing someone -- it's about missing the chance to tell them how much they meant. This song is for anyone who's ever replayed a memory, wishing for one more chance... Not to change everything -- just to say what mattered. Some loves don't fade. They simply wait

Lyrics

What I Wouldn't Give
Lyrics by Yves Stilmant ©2025

Verse 1A
What I wouldn't give to hear your voice,
Just one soft word, a gentle sound.
A whisper floating through the dark,
Would lift me up from where I'm bound.
Verse 1B
What I wouldn't give to see you smile,
The kind that kept my storms at bay.
I'd trade the years I've left to live,
To see that look just one more day.
Pre-Chorus
I said I let you go for good,
But that was just a well-told lie.
You haunt the corners of my heart,
The tear I never let them cry.
Chorus
What I wouldn't give
To take it all back,
To speak the words I lost
Between the cracks.
What I wouldn't trade
To rewrite one line --
A moment missed, a name unsaid,
A chance to call you mine.
Verse 2A
I still keep your photo near my bed,
The one where peace lives in your eyes.
I stare at it when I feel low --
It holds the truth that never dies.
Verse 2B
I never held you in my arms,
But I still feel you every day.
You're in the silence when I fall,
You're in the lines I never say.
Pre-Chorus
They say the past should fade with time,
But yours is carved beneath my skin.
You're still the song that softly plays --
And I still ache to let you in.
Final Chorus
What I wouldn't give
To tell you the truth,
To show the love I hid
Back in my youth.
What I wouldn't trade
For one real goodbye --
But some regrets will never fade,
No matter how I try.
Outro
So if you ever feel the pull
Of something deep and undefined...
That's me, just wondering still --
What I wouldn't give.