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How Do I Let Go?
How Do I Let Go?
How do I let go of someone I love?
How do I find the strength to move on?
How can I face this world alone,
When everything I knew is gone?
I try to loosen the ties that bind,
To leave the hurt and pain behind.
But how do you break what you cannot see,
When your soul is still connected to me?
The ties run deep from your soul to mine,
Entangled together for such a long time.
I pull away, but they won't break free,
It's like you're still holding on to me.
Do I run out and find another,
Someone to hold beneath the covers?
Or hide away from the world outside,
And bury the feelings I keep inside?
Do I stay in bed until I'm old,
Wrapped in blankets against the cold?
Pretend the world has disappeared,
So I don't have to face my fears?
I wish that love came with a way
To turn your feelings off someday.
To close your eyes and just forget
The love, the loss, and the regret.
But memories don't fade on command,
And broken hearts don't understand.
They keep on loving through the pain,
Still reaching for what's gone again.
I wonder if you ever lie awake,
Thinking of the heart you chose to break.
Do you ever miss the love we knew,
Or am I just a memory to you?
How do I start my life anew,
When every road leads back to you?
How do I teach my heart to see
That you're no longer here with me?
I can't keep waiting for yesterday,
Or wishing you would choose to stay.
I can't keep living in the past,
Holding on to something that won't last.
Perhaps letting go doesn't mean
Forgetting everything we've been.
Perhaps it means accepting the pain,
And learning how to live again.
So I'll take these ties, one strand at a time,
And slowly untangle your soul from mine.
Though part of me may always know
The love we shared so long ago.
And if tomorrow still brings tears,
I'll face the hurt, I'll face my fears.
For even though I loved you so,
I can't lose myself refusing to let go.
