Goodbye is never easy

three years later and look at us now 
So much resentment between the both of us 
If you asked us why, truth is we both forgot how 
How we went from being the only thing that could make us smile 
To makin each other feel our worse 
Hell ya we both have gone the mile

Good bye is never easy 
That's why it's tattooed on my skin
Cus life keeps trying to teach me
The same verse again and again
No matter what I learn
That lesson keeps on coming back 

I swore we were different, that we’d never fold
Now I’m sittin’ in silence, feelin’ bitter and cold
All these memories like landmines, I tiptoe around
And even when I’m smilin’, I’m hearin’ the sound
Of every fight, every tear, every "you let me down"
Of all the things we said that we can’t take back now

We didn’t fall apart overnight
It was slow... like a dimmin’ light
Like sayin’ “I’m fine” when your chest is tight
Like sleepin’ next to someone who don’t hold you right

// CHORUS //
Goodbye ain’t easy, that’s why it’s carved in my skin
A permanent reminder of where we’ve both been
Life keeps repeatin’ the same tired song
No matter how I learn, I still sing it wrong
Tried to let go, but it circles back fast
Some lessons don’t fade—they’re built to last

And still I love you—just not the same
I love the memory, not who you became
And maybe you say the same 'bout me
But love that turns bitter don’t ever come clean

Three years later... and this is our truth
Not lovers, not enemies—just ghosts of our youth
And I don’t hate you, I just miss who we were
Before life, before lies, before love got so blurred

// CHORUS //
Goodbye ain’t easy, that’s why it’s carved in my skin
A permanent reminder of where we’ve both been
Life keeps repeatin’ the same tired song
No matter how I learn, I still sing it wrong
Tried to let go, but it circles back fast
Some lessons don’t fade—they’re built to last

acoustic guitar, female, low tone, yodel raspy soul voice