One Last Time, I Let You Go

Verse 1

Spring rain stings

Heavy air, slow mornings, me and my memory

That first night, spent staring at an empty chair

You left fast, I held on, hands half-closed

I press rewind

Pages folding, folding, can't smooth the line

Just silence now, no answer in the air

Chorus

I let you go, I let you go

One more time I try to say—no

No more waiting, wishing you would change your mind

I let you go, I let you go

Softest hurt, the hardest fall

Maybe loving you was almost all, but not enough

Verse 2

Loose change in my pocket, pockets ripped, hope slipped

Your voice lost in my sweater, scent gone so quick

I kept your notes, blue ink, bent corners, but

Now I tear them up, tiny pieces, flying

Maybe it's time

To walk outside, breathe out the pain

Rain on my hands, new stains, new paths, unnamed

Chorus

I let you go, I let you go

One more time I try to say—no

No more waiting, wishing you would change your mind

I let you go, I let you go

Softest hurt, the hardest fall

Maybe loving you was almost all, but not enough

Bridge

Maybe I

Maybe I always knew

Maybe I never could be what you needed

Maybe I, maybe I always knew

You were gone

But I needed to prove it to me

Chorus

I let you go, I let you go

One more time I try to say—no

No more waiting, wishing you would change your mind

I let you go, I let you go

Softest hurt, the hardest fall

Maybe loving you was almost all, but not enough

Outro

One last time, I let you go

One last time, I let you go

Flowers in my window, silent, slow

This is how I learn to let you go