From the recording Miles Apart, Standin' Still
Nothin’ Left to Say
“Nothin’ Left to Say” is about the rare quiet that comes when even a storyteller has to let the words rest.
This song sits with a pen, a memory, a cold cup of coffee, and the soft light of a room where songs have come before. It looks back over the relationships, miles, scars, wrong turns, right turns, and souls met along the way — not with bitterness, but with gratitude for everything life has taught.
At its heart, this song is about accepting that not every moment has to become a song right away. Sometimes the words come fast, and sometimes they do not come at all. Both can be honest.
“Nothin’ Left to Say” is a song about a life worth singing about, the people who pass through it, and the peaceful humility of knowing that some nights, silence may be the truest thing left.
— Lane Alan Dumser
Lyrics
Sat down with a pen and a memory
Like I’ve done this a thousand times before
Coffee sittin’ there goin’ cold again
Lamp light fallin’ soft across the floor
There are all kinds of relationships in this life
Some just pass, some been there all along
Met a million souls along the way
Some stayed close, some drifted on their way
Ain’t that somethin’, how it goes
No pressure, just life’s ebb and flow
I’ve lived a life worth singin’ ’bout
Every mile, every scar
Every wrong turn, every right one too
Every near and every far
Met a million souls along the way
I’d write ‘em all again
Every one of ‘em taught me somethin’
I wouldn’t have known back then
But tonight the words can wait on me
I know they’ll come back when they can
It don’t happen often that way
but some nights I’ve got nothin’ left to say
There were nights the lines came faster than me
Like headlights cuttin’ through the rain
It wasn’t all scars either
Had my share of better days
I’ve looked at life from every angle, I think
Still finds ways to surprise
Tonight it’s just quiet
and I guess that feels alright with me
some nights I’ve just got nothin’ left to say