I can’t imagine what it would be like to have had her company in my head—the comfort that would’ve brought.

But my hand has been clenched into a fist for three years now; it's frozen shut.

Girlfriend is such a stupid word. I couldn't stand calling her that. So, we had to get married, so I could call her 'wife.

The little things that happen. Sometimes they're insignificant; other times, they change everything.

If you can't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child?

The clothes are packed off to Goodwill I said my good-byes up on the hill The house is empty, the furniture sold Soon your smell will decay to mold Don't know why I bother calling, ain't nobody answering Don't know why I bother singing, ain't nobody listening "Disconnect" Collateral Damage, Track 10

But I'd do it again. I know that now. I'd make that promise a thousand times over and lose her a thousand times over to have heard her play last night or to see her in the morning sunlight. Or even without that. Just to know that she's somewhere out there. Alive.