Learning to let go

Verse 1

I still see your shadow in the hallway light,

Still hear your voice when the world gets quiet at night.

Every little memory hangs on these walls,

Like pictures that refuse to fall.

You were my safe place, my favorite sound,

The only thing I thought would stay around.

But hearts can change like seasons do,

And somehow I lost you.

Pre-Chorus

I kept reaching for your hand

Long after you let go of mine.

Chorus

And it hurts, God, it hurts,

Like rain on an open wound.

I gave you every piece of me,

And watched it all leave the room.

But I’m learning how to breathe

Without your name inside my chest.

Some loves are meant to stay forever,

Some teach you how to forget.

Verse 2

I used to count the stars and make wishes for us,

Now I count the reasons I should give them up.

The songs we loved don’t sound the same,

They carry too much of your name.

I tried to hate you, tried to move on fast,

But healing doesn’t work like that.

So I sit with the pain until it fades,

One broken piece each day.

Pre-Chorus

And every tear I’ve cried

Has slowly washed you from my eyes.

Chorus

And it hurts, God, it hurts,

Like rain on an open wound.

I gave you every piece of me,

And watched it all leave the room.

But I’m learning how to breathe

Without your name inside my chest.

Some loves are meant to stay forever,

Some teach you how to forget.

Bridge

Maybe loving you wasn’t a mistake,

Maybe hearts aren’t built to always stay.

Maybe goodbye was something I had to know,

To become the person I was meant to grow.

And if I see you years from now,

I won’t break, I won’t fall apart somehow.

I’ll smile and thank the past for what it gave,

Then walk away.

Final Chorus

And it still hurts sometimes,

But not the way it used to.

The scars remind me I survived

Everything we went through.

Now I’m learning how to love

The person staring back at me.

You were a chapter in my story,

Not the ending of me.

Outro

So I’ll let the memories drift like leaves,

Carried somewhere beyond my reach.

And though a part of me will always know your heart,

I’m finally ready to start.