A Reluctant Goodbye.
A single tear slides down my face
As you tell me you're leaving
You hold me in your arms and cry
I listen to your breathing
I can't believe it's ending now
After all that we've endured
I feel my heart begin to break
As our separation is ensured.
You tell me that you love me
But I can't listen to that again
It hurts too much, it cuts too deep
It means much more than it did then.
I turn around and walk away
I ignore your plaintive pleading
I can't go through another end
Another person leaving.
My shoulders sag, my eyes are filled
With borrowed, secondhand tears
You run up behind me, take my hand
And open me back up to my fears
What if I can't let go of you again?
What if my heart breaks once more?
Your warm lips cover mine and oh, I'm lost
With no worries as I had before.
But wait! Why're you going? You can't leave me now!
I feel myself break down and cry
Because this time I know that there's no turning back
This time, it's really goodbye.
You disappear from sight and I bow my head
I've lost you, my love, my only!
I turn around and start walking again
And I'm lost, sad and so lonely.
How can I do this, tell me how can I live??
Without you here by my side
I know that I'll never see you again
You've left me alone, stripped of pride.
It's now ten years after that one fateful day
I'm alone and I haven't moved on.
But I'm beginning to forgive you for leaving me here
Because I know, in my heart, you weren't gone.
As you tell me you're leaving
You hold me in your arms and cry
I listen to your breathing
I can't believe it's ending now
After all that we've endured
I feel my heart begin to break
As our separation is ensured.
You tell me that you love me
But I can't listen to that again
It hurts too much, it cuts too deep
It means much more than it did then.
I turn around and walk away
I ignore your plaintive pleading
I can't go through another end
Another person leaving.
My shoulders sag, my eyes are filled
With borrowed, secondhand tears
You run up behind me, take my hand
And open me back up to my fears
What if I can't let go of you again?
What if my heart breaks once more?
Your warm lips cover mine and oh, I'm lost
With no worries as I had before.
But wait! Why're you going? You can't leave me now!
I feel myself break down and cry
Because this time I know that there's no turning back
This time, it's really goodbye.
You disappear from sight and I bow my head
I've lost you, my love, my only!
I turn around and start walking again
And I'm lost, sad and so lonely.
How can I do this, tell me how can I live??
Without you here by my side
I know that I'll never see you again
You've left me alone, stripped of pride.
It's now ten years after that one fateful day
I'm alone and I haven't moved on.
But I'm beginning to forgive you for leaving me here
Because I know, in my heart, you weren't gone.