Go When It is Over - Ricky Alone
We don't say it aloud
But it's hanging in the air
Like a truth we're both too scared to declare
We sit across the table
Like strangers in disguise
Reading all the distance in each other's eyes
The laughter feels rehearsed
The silence feels too real
We're holding on to something we no longer feel
Love didn't crash in flames, it just slowly froze
So go when it is over
Don't stay because you care
Don't hold me like you mean it if your heart's not there
Go when it is over
Before we both pretend that something still survives when it's already at the end
I'd rather face the breaking than live inside a lie
I see it in your breathing, you're ready to say goodbye
We used to fight for forever, now we fight to let it go
Some endings don't explode, they just quietly unfold
Maybe we'll remember the good more than the pain
But tonight the only truth is we can't stay the same
So go when it is over
Don't drag this through the night
Don't front this we tomorrow if you've given up the fight
Go when it is over
Before we lose respect, better one clean ending than all we can't protect
Go when it is over
