Why does it have to be like this? (Live Concert)

[INTRO — soft piano, intimate room ambience] [Female Vocal — almost whispered] I still remember your face in the doorway, The way you looked at me that night. We said forever like it meant something, Now forever doesn't feel right. I kept your letters in an old box, I kept your picture by my bed. Funny how the things we hold onto Are the hardest things to forget. [VERSE 2 — piano grows slightly] I tried to tell myself I'm better, I tried to say that I don't care. But every song we used to sing Still finds me everywhere. And maybe love is just a moment, Maybe we're not meant to know. But if you're somewhere thinking of me, I hope you feel me letting go. [PRE-CHORUS — emotional build] 'Cause I don't wanna hate you, I don't wanna blame you, I just wish I knew Why we couldn't make it through... [CHORUS — piano opens, emotional vocal] Why does it have to be like this? Why does goodbye feel like a kiss That I can still remember Even when I close my eyes? Why does it have to hurt this much? Why do I still reach for your touch? If loving you was wrong, Why did it feel so right? [brief piano pause — audience reacts] [Female Vocal — softly, to audience] Why does it have to be like this? [AUDIENCE — soft response] Why does it have to be like this? [VERSE 3 — intimate again] I saw your name on my phone last Friday, And for a second, I forgot That we became two strangers With a thousand things we never got. I almost called you just to hear you, Almost said, "Come back to me." But some doors close for a reason, Even when you have the key. [PRE-CHORUS — building] And I don't wanna hate you, I don't wanna blame you, I just wish somehow We could turn it all around... [CHORUS — bigger, audience joining] Why does it have to be like this? Why does goodbye feel like a kiss That I can still remember Even when I close my eyes? Why does it have to hurt this much? Why do I still reach for your touch? If loving you was wrong, Why did it feel so right? [LIVE BREAK — piano only] [Female Vocal — speaking softly] You know that feeling... When you know it's over, but your heart hasn't caught up yet? [small audience reaction / emotional murmur] [Female Vocal — sings softly] Maybe some of you know what I mean... [PIANO — four delicate chords] [BRIDGE — very intimate] Maybe someday I'll remember Without wishing you were here. Maybe someday saying your name Won't bring me to tears. And if you ever think about me, I hope you know I tried... I loved you with everything I had. [pause] And that's why I had to say goodbye. [AUDIENCE — emotional applause] [FINAL CHORUS — powerful but still intimate] Why does it have to be like this? Why does goodbye feel like a kiss That I can still remember Even when I close my eyes? Why does it have to hurt this much? Why do I still reach for your touch? If loving you was wrong, Why did it feel so right? [Female Vocal — audience sings along] Why does it have to be like this? [AUDIENCE] Why does it have to be like this? [Female Vocal] Why does it have to be like this? [AUDIENCE — louder] Why does it have to be like this? [FINAL — piano drops to a single sustained chord] [Female Vocal — almost a whisper] Maybe love doesn't disappear... Maybe we just learn to live without it. [soft audience applause, piano resonance fading]