(Verse 1)
The keys are on the counter, right beside the mail
The light in the kitchen is flickering and pale
I watched your taillights vanish in the sudden gray
But I didn’t have the words to make you want to stay
There was no shouting, no crashing of the glass
Just the heavy, heavy weight of the minutes as they pass.
(Pre-Chorus)
I thought the end would sound like a thunderous roar
But it’s just the soft click of a deadbolt on the door
No grand finale, no cinematic rain
Just the oxygen leaving the room with the pain.
(Chorus)
It’s a quiet goodbye forever, a whisper in the hall
The sound of a picture being taken off the wall
No"I hate you," no"please stay," no"give it one more try"
Just a soft-spoken"sorry" and a dry-eyed"goodbye"
Now the silence is a mountain I’m too tired to climb
As I lose you to the distance and the thieving of time
Yeah, the loudest part of us was the silence when you left
In this quiet goodbye forever.
(Verse 2)
I’m sitting in the space where your laughter used to live
Counting up the pieces that I no longer can give
The bed is made so neatly, the sheets are cold and flat
It’s funny how a life can just end like that
Without a warning, without a final plea
Just a slow-motion drifting of you away from me.
(Bridge)
I was braced for a storm, I was ready for the fight
But you went out like a candle in the middle of the night
No smoke in the air, no heat on the skin
Just the cold, empty hollow where the"us" had been.
(Outro)
Quiet goodbye...
Nothing left to say.
Watching the"forever"
Slowly fade away.
So still...
So deep.
A promise that neither of us
Could afford to keep.
(The sound of a single, soft breath, then silence)
