Some people come into our lives and leave a mark that time will never erase.
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Goodbye is my way of saying farewell to one of those people.
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Not because the affection has faded, because something went wrong, or because we stopped meaning something to each other. It's not about abandonment or rejection, or even a choice either of us wanted to make. Sometimes, life simply takes us in different directions, even when neither of us wants to let go.
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I wanted to capture that moment when two people understand that going their separate ways has become necessary, without making their feelings any less genuine or their memories any less precious.
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I didn't want overwhelming sadness, blame, or regret. Just tenderness, gratitude, and the desire to keep everything beautiful about what we shared untouched.
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With this song, I wanted to give that person something we don't always know how to give each other when our paths separate: a goodbye worthy of everything we shared, filled with love, without anger, and without damaging anything that made it special.
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[VERSE]
I knew your eyes before your name
Like we had met in some old game
You came from nowhere, feeling right
But life had drawn the lines too tight
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[CHORUS]
Goodbye is such a hard word
When you say it to someone you still love
Goodbye is such a hard word
When your heart won't free the dove
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[VERSE]
We made a Sunday out of rain
Turned empty streets into our lane
No walls to climb, no doors to close
Just easy days wherever we'd go
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[CHORUS]
Goodbye is such a hard word
When you say it to someone you still love
Goodbye is such a hard word
When your heart won't free the dove
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[VERSE]
But storms can rise above the shore
And winds can close an open door
When life keeps pulling us apart
Goodbye is what we owe the heart
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[CHORUS]
Goodbye is such a hard word
When you say it to someone you still love
Goodbye is such a hard word
When your heart won't free the dove
Goodbye to the days I wanted to keep
Goodbye to the nights that felt like home
Goodbye to the life we almost had
Goodbye... though I don't want you gone
I wish I didn't have to
Goodbye my lover
Goodbye my friend
Goodbye is such a hard word
When you say it to someone you still love
Goodbye is such a hard word
When your heart won't free the dovemore