Title Hard To Say Goodbye Verse 1 It’s 2 a.m., your side of the bed is cold I still reach out like you never let go Your hoodie on my chair, your scent in the seams Now every little thing is pulling at me I replay the last words, like they’ll change this time Like I’ll find a new ending in an old rewind But the truth hits hard when the room goes still Love don’t leave quick, even when you will Pre-Chorus Tell me how to shut off a heart that remembers How do I let go of forever? I’m trying to be strong, but I’m barely together One step away feels like never Chorus (Hook) It’s hard to say goodbye, when I’m still saying “stay” Hard to close the door, when my love’s in the way If you’re really gone, why you living in my mind? It’s hard to say goodbye… Hard to say goodbye I keep holding on, while I’m watching you fade Smiling like I’m fine, but I’m breaking inside If I let you go, I’m afraid of what I’ll find It’s hard to say goodbye… Hard to say goodbye Verse 2 I fold up the past like a letter I can’t send But every line I write turns into you again Your name in my throat like a song on repeat And I hate how it hurts, but it’s all that I need They say time heals, but time moves slow When the person you love becomes someone you know And I’m stuck between “I miss you” and “I’ll be okay” Like two different worlds in the same damn day Pre-Chorus Tell me how to unlove the way you looked at me How do I pretend it was nothing? I’m trying to be brave, but it’s killing me slowly ‘Cause leaving ain’t the same as letting go Chorus (Hook) It’s hard to say goodbye, when I’m still saying “stay” Hard to close the door, when my love’s in the way If you’re really gone, why you living in my mind? It’s hard to say goodbye… Hard to say goodbye I keep holding on, while I’m watching you fade Smiling like I’m fine, but I’m breaking inside If I let you go, I’m afraid of what I’ll find It’s hard to say goodbye… Hard to say goodbye Bridge Maybe I’m addicted to the almost Maybe I’m in love with what we could’ve been And I keep fighting for a ghost While you’re already on the other end So I’ll scream into the silence, “Don’t go” But the echo only answers “Let go” And my pride can’t save me from the truth I’m losing you… I’m losing you Breakdown (half-time, space for ad-libs) Hard… hard to say goodbye (Why you still in my mind?) Hard… hard to say goodbye (I don’t know how to stop loving you) Hard… hard to say goodbye (When my heart still calls your name) Hard… hard to say goodbye (Yeah…) Final Chorus (bigger, stacked vocals) It’s hard to say goodbye, when I’m still saying “stay” Hard to close the door, when my love’s in the way If you’re really gone, why you living in my mind? It’s hard to say goodbye… Hard to say goodbye I keep holding on, while I’m watching you fade Smiling like I’m fine, but I’m breaking inside If I let you go, I’m afraid of what I’ll find It’s hard to say goodbye… Hard to say goodbye Outro Hard to say goodbye… When I’m still saying “stay” Hard to say goodbye… But I’ll love you from away
