I wish I knew

I wish I knew

Your favourite colour
And what you'd like to sing
I wish I knew
Your favourite food
And if we had a picnic
What I should bring

I wish I knew
What made you smile
And what brought you tears
Of joy

But most of all
I wish I knew
Why you'd attempted suicide
So many times.

I wish I knew
What I could have said
And if I could persuade you to stop
I wish I knew
You were about to do it
And I'd get there as fast as I could

I wish I knew
You needed someone
And if that someone was me

I wish I knew
What it would be like
To see us together
Alive
As a family.