" The Hardest Goodbyes "

"The Hardest Goodbyes"

(Lyrics By Gerald Logan)

(Verse 1)

The room still smells like your favorite perfume,

And the sunlight feels hollow when it falls through the room.

Your coffee cup’s still on the table by the chair,

Like you just stepped out but you’re no longer here.

(Chorus)

The hardest goodbyes don’t happen in a moment,

They stretch through the years and the nights you can’t own it.

They’re the words you choke back, the dreams you can’t save,

They’re the flowers you lay on a cold, quiet grave.

(Verse 2)

I still hear your voice in the hum of the rain,

Like a soft hymn that eases the weight of the pain.

I trace the outline where your shadow once lay,

Trying to hold on to a love time can’t take away.

(Chorus)

The hardest goodbyes don’t happen in a moment,

They linger in the air like a song and you know it.

They’re the prayers you whisper when no one can hear,

They’re the ghosts that return at the end of each year.

(Bridge)

If tears were a river, I’d drown in the tide,

Just to be carried back to your side.

If heaven takes roll call, I’ll answer your name,

And walk through the light when He calls me the same.

(Final Chorus)

The hardest goodbyes are the ones with no end,

The ones where the heart keeps pretending again.

And I’ll carry your memory till my final breath sighs,

Living forever with the hardest goodbyes.

(Outro)

So I’ll leave the porch light on, just in case,

I see you again… and can touch your face.