Saying Hello Again... and Goodbye

[VERSE 1] Seems like I'm back to my self seems like I'm smiling again. seems like I can feel everything but pain. There's not a hint of regret for you and the lonely hours have fallen away. I'm apathetic to the smell of your hair and the perfume on your neck; This is the first time I've seen you without being a wreck. [CHORUS] Saying hello again, and goodbye Wanted so much more and walked away with less You meant so much more than your smile or caress Seing you leave this time is new day's dawn Saying hello again, and goodbye [VERSE 2] I want to thank you for leaving I want to thank you for freedom I want to thank you for having the courage to do what I was afraid of. The memories that used to taunt and torture me with their happy, honey-glazed sweetness Have finally blanched to a hint of being tasteless, a sugary surfeit of soulteasing satiation. [CHORUS] Saying hello again, and goodbye Wanted so much more and walked away with less You meant so much more than your smile or caress Seing you leave this time is new day's dawn Saying hello again, and goodbye [BRIDGE] Wanting the haunting feeling to slip away Driven the pain aside since we pushed away Time was the foe that triumphed self-pity and loss Time was the friend I hated that held me so close [VERSE 3 uplifting] So there's nothing left between us and we can move on the lights have gone down, and the stars have come out I'm seeing the beauty in the sky overhead as I look away from the months of loneliness and doubt [Final Chorus] Saying hello again Saying hello Again Saying hello again Saying hello And Good Bye