Goodbye to the Almost

[Verse]
I kept your names in the coat by the door,
Old paper tickets, a key that fits nothing.
Some of you left; some were never mine,
Still I saved a place at the table for all of you.

[Chorus]
Goodbye to the almost, goodbye to the gone,
You can’t take my next step by holding my arm.
I’ll carry the lesson, release the claim;
I am still here, and I can choose my name.

[Breakdown]
For the love I imagined,
For the love that ran dry,
I lay down the weight now.
I let myself stay.

[Final Chorus]
Goodbye to the almost, goodbye to the gone,
The road is still mine when I’m walking alone.
I bless what I wanted, forgive what I couldn’t save;
I’m learning to give myself the love I gave away.