Goodbye to the Loves I Carried

[Verse 1]
Your laugh still cuts across the years
A bright wrong note I used to chase
We made a weather out of fear
Then called the thunder our embrace

[Pre-Chorus]
I kept your name behind my teeth
Till every word came out like blame
Now I can let the silence speak
And leave the past without a claim

[Chorus]
Goodbye to the loves I carried through
The almosts, always, me and you
I bless the fire; I loose the thread
No more rehearsing what we said
Goodbye, I mean it, soft and true
I was someone there with you

[Verse 2]
One taught me how to miss a meal
One made a promise out of June
One loved the version I could seal
And watched her vanish far too soon

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't have to call it wasted
Just because it couldn't stay
All those hands that once could hold me
Set me down along the way

[Chorus]
Goodbye to the loves I carried through
The almosts, always, me and you
I bless the fire; I loose the thread
No more rehearsing what we said
Goodbye, I mean it, soft and true
I was someone there with you

[Bridge]
If we meet where the years turn thin
I'll know your eyes; I'll let you pass
You were a chapter under my skin
Not every page was meant to last

[Final Chorus]
Goodbye to the loves I carried through
The almosts, always, me and you
I bless the fire; I loose the thread
No more rehearsing what we said
Goodbye, I mean it, soft and true
I was someone there with you
And I am still becoming, too

[Outro]
Goodbye, goodbye
I let the old names go