Quiet goodbye
No tears on the floor
Just your hand on the handle
And my heart by the door
We didn’t break like thunder
We didn’t scream in the rain
We just sat in the silence
And called it by its name
Your eyes were looking downward
My voice was holding still
The room was full of memories
We no longer knew how to feel
I wanted to ask you
If you’d miss me someday
But some questions get heavier
The longer they stay
So I folded my sorrow
And kept it inside
Learning the shape
Of a quiet goodbye
No angry words
No final fight
Just two tired hearts
In a soft low light
Quiet goodbye
You don’t have to explain
I can hear the ending
In the way you say my name
Quiet goodbye
Nothing left to prove
I will let the silence
Carry me from you
Quiet goodbye
Gentle as the sky
Sometimes love leaves slowly
Without telling you why
The photographs are waiting
In a box beneath the bed
I don’t think I’m ready
For the life we already left
Your coat is missing
From the chair beside mine
But the empty little space there
Still looks like a sign
I won’t call you selfish
I won’t call this wrong
Maybe we were fading
For far too long
Maybe all our holding
Turned into a lie
Maybe love was kinder
As a quiet goodbye
No angry words
No final fight
Just two tired hearts
In a soft low light
Quiet goodbye
You don’t have to explain
I can hear the ending
In the way you say my name
Quiet goodbye
Nothing left to prove
I will let the silence
Carry me from you
Quiet goodbye
Gentle as the sky
Sometimes love leaves slowly
Without telling you why
I hope you find the morning
Without feeling the pain
I hope your lonely seasons
Turn into something plain
I hope I learn forgiveness
Without losing the truth
I hope someday I smile
When I remember you
Quiet goodbye
You don’t have to explain
I can hear the ending
In the way you say my name
Quiet goodbye
Nothing left to prove
I will let the silence
Carry me from you
Quiet goodbye
Gentle as the sky
Sometimes love leaves slowly
Without telling you why
Quiet goodbye
No tears on the floor
Just your hand on the handle
And my heart by the door
