Not Every Goodbye - The Goodbye I Never Thought to Say

[VERSE 1]

I met you by accident

On a road that had no name

Borrowed hoodie, tired eyes

And a fire calling your name

One song played in the dark

And I felt my whole world lean

Like my heart had stepped too close

To a door I'd never seen

[PRE CHORUS]

I didn't ask for this

It just found me there

Slow as rain on stone

Like prayer in the air

[CHORUS]

Not every goodbye

Means love is gone

Not every ending

Is where we belong

I still hear your song

In the quiet of my chest

Not every goodbye

Is the end

[VERSE 2]

Then the hospital halls went white

And your silence held the night

No plan in the way we fell apart

Just a hand let go too a light

Four years passed like empty frames

No word, no call, no sign

That one song still breaks me open

Like you never left my mind

[PRE CHORUS]

I learned to live with it

The ache and the grace

Some names stay soft

Even after they fade

[CHORUS]

Not every goodbye

Means love is gone

Not every ending

Is where we belong

I still hear your song

In the quiet of my chest

Not every goodbye

Is the end

[BRIDGE]

I'm not asking time to turn

I'm not asking fate to bend

I just keep a little light on

For the road that might begin

If you never come back

I will still understand

Some loves arrive like summer

And leave with open hands

[CHORUS]

Not every goodbye

Means love is gone

Not every ending

Is where we belong

I still hear your song

And I let it wash me clean

Not every goodbye

Is the end

Not every ending

Is a goodbye

[OUTRO]

If you ever find the way

My heart will be open wide