One Last Time (v2)

[Intro]

Oh-oh…

Yeah…

One last time…

[Verse 1]

I used to write your name between the lines,

Pretend I wasn't scared of losing time.

Every street still whispered something about us,

Every song would take me back because it must.

I kept pretending everything was fine,

While little pieces of me stayed behind.

I thought that if I waited, you'd return,

But some lessons are the ones we have to learn.

[Pre-Chorus]

But days keep moving, and I'm moving too,

What used to break me taught me what to do.

I found a door inside the walls we'd made,

And stepped outside before the colors faded.

[Chorus]

So this is goodbye, not a punishment,

Just a quiet end to what we meant.

I won't carry your absence like a stone,

I can miss you and still go home.

One last time, I let your memory pass,

One last look at the pieces of the past.

If loving you was where I lost my way,

Then leaving is how I find today.

[Verse 2]

I found your jacket hanging by the door,

Held it for a moment, then let go.

The room was full of things we never said,

But silence doesn't owe us anything else.

I stopped checking every passing car,

Stopped measuring the distance where you are.

Some nights still arrive with your old name,

But morning doesn't feel the same.

[Pre-Chorus]

And days keep moving, and I'm moving too,

The wound is still there, but the sky is blue.

I don't need to turn the hurt to blame,

I can bless the fire without staying in the flame.

[Chorus]

So this is goodbye, not a punishment,

Just a quiet end to what we meant.

I won't carry your absence like a stone,

I can miss you and still go home.

One last time, I let your memory pass,

One last look at the pieces of the past.

If loving you was where I lost my way,

Then leaving is how I find today.

[Bridge]

Maybe we were real, maybe we were wrong,

Maybe both can live inside one song.

I won't erase the good to make it through,

I just won't build my life around you.

[Final Chorus]

So this is goodbye, and I mean it now,

No more promises we can't keep somehow.

I won't carry your absence like a stone,

I can miss you and still go home.

One last time, I let your memory pass,

One last look, then I turn from the past.

If loving you was where I lost my way,

Then leaving is how I find today.

[Outro]

Oh-oh…

Yeah…

One last time…

I choose today.