They Say

They say "you gotta let it go"

It's been years since then

and I don't even know...

Where to even begin.

I'm grateful for what we had but I need to move along, taking my own path because she chose to move on.

Through hell and high water, I was there by your side.

When you lost your grandmother and grandfather - I did my best to provide.

A place of safety and peace without taking care of oneself and in the end I broke and no one else to blame but myself.

Nobody likes the could have would have should have at the end of the day, I gotta take the cards I'm dealt and play along anyway.

I'm letting go, setting myself free

Making room in my heart where you used to be

Took a while, but I'm learning how to breathe

Healing slow, but I'll keep heading to where I need to be.

Used to think that loving someone meant losing myself in the process, now I realize love and sacrifice aren't the same as neglect.

Spent so long pouring from a cup that had nothing left to give, had to learn how to fill myself back up before I knew how to live.

Taking time to heal, no rushing what needs to mend, building my own foundation now instead of being somebody's crutch again.

Nobody likes the could have would have should have at the end of the day, I gotta take the cards I'm dealt and play along anyway.

I'm letting go, setting myself free

Making room in my heart where you use to be.

It took a while, but I'm learning how to breathe

Healing slow, but I'll keep heading to where I need to be.

These days I wake up and the silence doesn't feel like something's missing.

It feels like peace, like I quiet permission.

I still got love for what we were, I don't regret a single year.

Just don't need you to complete me anymore, that much is clear...

I firmly stand on my own two feet, learned to sit with myself and say, if love finds me again, I'll be the man that I need to be.

They said "you gotta let it go"

Now I finally see

It's not about forgetting

It was about setting myself free.