i gave you all i had to give
you gave back something less
i spoke to you in dulcet tones
you ripped my organs out my chest

i gave you years of happiness
of memories so bright
you slapped me in the face
with goodbye
and ran away
into the night

i'm starting to see the tunnel
where forgetting you exists
where happiness is felt again
and i can grasp it
in my fists

i'm struggling
i know
to be the person
i was before you came

i'm struggling
i know
to be a person
not just a name

i'm trying to stop loving you
because i'm not getting anywhere this way
i'm trying to say goodbye
just like you did to me that day

i believed the things i said
forever
always, best friends
i believed we'd always fight forward
there would never be an end

i still wake up every morning
to the memory of your face
i still struggle to believe the love
i gave
was more than just a waste

i still see your face
in my rearview mirror
i still anticipate your call
i still hear you walking up to hug me
i still remember where we were
last fall

i want to break free
of this brokenness
i want to break free
of your mem-o-ry

i want to break free
of your goodbye
i simply want
to break free