Tell You Goodbye

How long I've tried
To hold on to hope,
To hold the tears inside,
To not let you know
That my efforts have worked,
And I've won what I've lost,
But I just can't seem
To win you back.

The laughs we shared,
The tears, the tales,
The way we finished each others meals,
This was the way life once was,
But no more.
No more.

I have to learn to tell you goodbye,
I have to hang up on a silent phone,
Tear the photos from the wall,
Give up on it all,
I have to tell you,
Tell you goodbye.

So long it has been
Since I last saw your face
And the laughter within
Just can't last in this place,
You're better without me
As I am without you,
And the bond we once had here
Will cease to exist.

The songs we sung,
The guys, the drinks,
The way we always know what the other one thinks,
We're giving it up,
We're losing our hope.
All of our hope.

I have to learn to tell you goodbye,
I have to walk down this path alone,
We'll have other friends,
Here's the journey's end,
I have to tell you,
Tell you goodbye.

And so it ends,
This friendship of long,
And I can't show my sorrow
In the words of this song,
But I'll hide it from the world
And my thoughts will ne'er unfurl,
These whispering hopes
That still linger,

I don't want to tell you goodbye,
I don't want to let these hopes die,
You were my best friend,
I don't want this to end,
I don't want to tell you,
Tell you goodbye.

But I have to tell you goodbye,
I have to leave my dreams behind,
I'm sick of the hope
That you drained from my heart,
I have to tell you,
And yes, I will tell you,
Right now, I'm telling you,
Telling you goodbye.