I watched you fade between the moments In the things we never said Your voice still lives inside my head But it's quieter instead Pictures losing all their color Promises turned into dust I tried to hold what we were building But it crumbled into us Every step away from you Cut deeper than it seemed I learned how to breathe again Letting go of what we'd been I let you fade into the night Like a shadow losing shape It hurt, but I let you go Before we shattered in the break I let you fade, I didn't fight Even when I wanted more Some things have to disappear So we don't bleed forevermore I looked for you in different faces But none of them were real Silence taught me what I feared What I didn't want to feel Every memory weighs less now When I stop holding tight Not everything we love Was meant to survive the night I carried you inside my chest Until it left a scar I had to let you drift away To remember who we are I let you fade into the night Like a shadow losing shape It hurt, but I let you go Before we shattered in the break I let you fade, I didn't fight Even when I wanted more Some things have to disappear So we don't bleed forevermore If this is the end, let it be clean No lies left to defend I don't hate you, I don't blame you I just can't stay till the end I let you fade to save what's left of me Not every goodbye means defeat Sometimes letting go is strength Sometimes it's survival underneath I let you fade and learned to stand With the weight I couldn't keep Some memories still follow me But they don't hurt when I sleep I let you fade And I stayed