Goodbye for a while. - Niko Jarell
I watch the sunlight fade away
A quiet room, your shadow stays
The words we left unsaid remain
Like echoes falling through the rain
I trace the moments we once knew
The gentle touch, the silent few
And though I try to turn the page
I feel you linger through the haze
I reach for something I can't hold
A fragile story left untold
The heart remembers, can't let go
Of love that ebbs so soft, so slow
A slow goodbye, it drifts on by
Through every tear, through every sigh
I try to run, I try to hide
But you're still here inside my mind
A slow goodbye, it's bittersweet
The space you left, my heart repeats
I close my eyes, it's there again
The ache of you, my quiet friend
The coffee cools, the night moves on
I wander streets where we belong
The laughter fades, the silence stays
A gentle haunting, endless ways
The photographs they softly gleam
Of moments caught inside a dream
I reach for air, I reach for light
But feel your absence every night
I reach for something I can't hold
A fragile story left untold
The heart remembers, can't let go
Of love that ebbs so soft, so slow
A slow goodbye, it drifts on by
Through every tear, through every sigh
I try to run, I try to hide
But you're still here inside my mind
A slow goodbye, it's bittersweet
The space you left, my heart repeats
I close my eyes, it's there again
The ache of you, my quiet friend
Time may heal
But it won't erase
The traces of your grace
Gentle grace
I breathe it in, I let it flow
This slow goodbye
Will help me grow
A slow goodbye, it drifts on by
Through every tear, through every sigh
I try to run, I try to hide
But you're still here inside my mind
A slow goodbye, it's bittersweet
The space you left, my heart repeats
I close my eyes, it's there again
The ache of you, my quiet friend
And in the silence I will find
The gentle peace
That lingers kind