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Verse 1
I was five when you walked away
Old enough to know goodbye
But when you both were under one roof
I learned what fear sounded like
I hated watching you leave
But the silence let me breathe
No child should have to miss their mother
And still feel safer when she leaves
Chorus
I don’t have to forgive you
To love you while you go
I don’t have to rewrite my life
So you can leave here whole
I can mourn the mother I needed
And the one you chose to be
I can cry because I’m losing you
And still remember what you did to me
Death doesn’t erase a lifetime
Or make the broken pieces new
I can say goodbye, Mom
I don’t have to forgive you
Verse 2
You came to my graduation
Barely steady on your feet
One of those days I needed you
And I was taking care of you instead
There were so many chances
For you to be the mom I needed
But you kept trying to be my friend
Like somehow that could make us even
I didn’t need another friend
I was still your child
I needed someone I could run to
Someone who would stay awhile
I missed the mother I wanted
But I breathed easier alone
Somehow I felt safer
Every time you were gone
Bridge
Your leaving broke my heart
But your absence brought me peace
I hated that you left me
And I hated when you’d come back to me
For years I thought that made me cruel
Like something was wrong with me
But a child shouldn’t feel relief
When her mother finally leaves
You could’ve been my mother
That’s the part that hurts the most
I wasn’t asking for perfection
I just needed you to show
Chorus
I don’t have to forgive you
To love you while you go
I don’t have to make it beautiful
Just because we’re at the close
I can mourn the mother I needed
And grieve the one you chose not to be
I can hold your hand and love you
And still know I felt safer when you’d leave
Death doesn’t erase a lifetime
Or make the broken pieces new
I can say goodbye, Mom
I don’t have to forgive you
Final Chorus
I don’t have to forgive you
And I don’t have to hate you too
There’s enough room inside goodbye
For more than one thing to be true
I can grieve the mother I wanted
I can grieve what we never knew
I can keep whatever love was there
And still carry what you put me through
You were my mother
That will always be true
And when the final goodbye comes
I’ll find my own way through
I can hold your hand
I can say, “I love you”
And still mean every word
When I say
I don’t have to forgive you
Details
GeneratedSep 3, 2026
Duration5:48
LanguageEnglish
Style
modern country ballad with emotional male gravelly heartfelt vocals crying. Empty stage , no drums.
Credits
Prompt by
MEFI_RECORDS
MEFI_RECORDSModelAria v5.5
