The Last Time I Let Go

I used to trace your name on foggy windows

Wait for a text that always came too slow

You loved the chase more than the staying

I loved the idea of you more than you know

But even a rose has a day it stops pretending

Even a phoenix gets tired of the ending

So this is the last time I let go of me for you

No more begging silence to turn into the truth

I’m not angry, I’m not broken — I’m just finally free

And darling, that’s a Grammy kind of victory

The last time I let go — of you, of us, of who I couldn’t be

You had a smile like a Sunday morning

And a goodbye like a Tuesday rain

I built a home inside your maybe

Then had to tear it down to feel again

And yeah, I cried on a bathroom floor in Nashville

But that girl learned to stand up still

So this is the last time I let go of me for you

No more begging silence to turn into the truth

I’m not angry, I’m not broken — I’m just finally free

And darling, that’s a Grammy kind of victory

The last time I let go — of you, of us, of who I couldn’t be

They say write what you know — I know what it feels like

To shrink yourself so someone else can feel bright

But the spotlight’s mine now, no apology

The best love story is the one where you don’t lose the lead, baby

No more last chances

No more “maybe someday”

This is the last time I let go

Of my own way.