HAD TO LET YA GO

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Yeah… I been staring at this ceiling like it owes me answers. Every shadow look like the shape of you leaving. Guess this is the one where I finally say it out loud… Even though you ain’t here to hear it. [Chorus] I had to let you go, let you go, let you go Even though my heart still screaming no Rain on the window, pain in my soul I had to let you go, let you go, let you go Before we both turned into ghosts Before the love we had just overdosed I watched you walk, I couldn’t chase Now I’m stuck in yesterday’s embrace [Verse 1] Midnight blue, room smells like your perfume still Two weeks clean but I’m addicted to the way you feel Your hoodie on the chair like you might walk back through I talk to it sometimes, pretend it’s you Coffee cold, I ain’t eat in days Scrolling old pics, stuck in a haze You said “I need space,” I gave you galaxies Now I’m floating out here, lost in gravity [Verse 2] Remember summer nights, fire escape dreams You said forever, I believed everything Hands intertwined like we’d never break Now I clench my fist just to feel the ache Your laugh still echoes down these empty halls I answer back, talking to the walls Love turned to love you baby, but it’s killing me slow Sometimes the right thing is letting you go [Chorus] I had to let you go, let you go, let you go Tears on my pillowcase, blood on the floor I still taste your name when I breathe too deep I had to let you go, let you go, let you go Before I dragged you down with me Before the man you loved ceased to be I set you free, but I’m still caged Rereading every text we ever saved [Verse 3] Your new dude posts you smiling, that hurt the worst ‘Cause I know that smile used to be mine first I liked the pic anyway, thumb shaking bad Love ain’t possessive when it’s real like that I hope he holds you when the thunder rolls I hope he knows the stories that your silence holds Tell him ‘bout the scar on your left knee Tell him I’m sorry, tell him I’m free [Verse 4] Voicemails I’ll never send, stacked in the drafts “I miss you” at 3 a.m., then I laugh ‘Cause what’s the point when you’re already gone I play our song and cry till dawn The bed too big, I sleep on your side Smell your pillow, pretend you ain’t say goodbye I’m healing slow, like a broken bone But broken bones still ache when it’s cold [Verse 5] Mama asked why I look half-dead I said “I lost the better half” She hugged me tight, didn’t say a word Sometimes silence is the loudest thing you ever heard [Verse 10] So this is goodbye, for real this time No more late-night “you up?” climbing your line Go be somebody else’s everything I’ll be over here, learning how to sing Without you in the harmony I hope you’re happy, that’s my final plea If love means letting go, then I loved you most Here’s to the beautiful ghost… I let you go. [Final Chorus – softer, almost breaking] I had to let you go, let you go, let you go Even though it’s killing me slow If you ever need me, you know where I’ll be Right here, still in love with your memory I had to let you go, let you go, let you go God bless the broken road That taught me how to love And how to let it go.

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