You Left Before I Could Let Go - ArlenaZara
I was still learning how to stay
While you were learning how to leave
I held on to the words you said
Like they were promises to keep
I needed time to understand
The way your heart had changed
You walked away without a sound
Left me standing in the rain
I was still holding on to us
When you were already gone
I thought love needed patience
I didn't know it could be wrong
You left before I could let go
Before my heart caught up with yours
I was still fighting for the truth
While you were walking out the door
I needed one last moment to say
What I couldn't show
You left before I could let go
I replay every almost word
Every look you wouldn't hold
I blame myself for needing more
For loving slow, for loving whole
I would have learned to say goodbye
If you had given me the time
But you chose freedom over us
And left me healing on my own
I was still holding on to us
When you were already gone
I thought love needed patience
I didn't know it could be wrong
You left before I could let go
Before my heart caught up with yours
I was still fighting for the truth
While you were walking out the door
I needed one last moment to say
What I couldn't show
You left before I could let go
Maybe love isn't meant to wait
Maybe hearts don't leave the same
But losing you so suddenly
Still feels like unfinished pain
I don't hate you, I just wish you'd
Stay long enough to see
That letting go takes time
For someone who loved honestly
You left before I could let go
But I'm learning how to now
I'm gathering the pieces love
Teaching my heart how to bow
I'll carry what we were with grace
But I won't live there anymore
You left before I could let go
Now I'm closing that door
You left before I could let go
But I'll be okay even if it takes time