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We gotta talk
Dang, I know, I know
But it's, it's just some things I gotta get off chest, alright?
Yeah, woo, ooo, woo, ooo, woo, ooo
Listen
Baby, come here and sit down
Let's talk; I got alot to say
So I guess I'll start by sayin' that I love you
But you know this thing ain't been a walk in the park (for us)
I swear it'll only take a minute
You'll understand when I finish, yeah
And I don't want to see you cry
But I don't want to be the one to tell you a lie, so
How do you let go when you
You just don't know what's on
The other side of the door?
When you're walking out, talk about it, and
Everything I tried to remember to say
Just went out my head
So I'm a do the best I can to get you to understand
Cause I know!!
[Chorus]
There's never a right time to say goodbye
But I gotta make the first move
Cause if I don't, you gonna start hating me
Cause I really don't feel the way I once felt about you
Girl, it's not you, it's me
I, I gotta, gotta figure out what I need, oh
There's never a right time to say goodbye
But we know that we gotta go
Our separate ways
And I know it's hard, but we gotta do it
It's kind of killing me
Cause there's never a right time
A right time to say goodbye
Girl, I know your heart is breaking
And a thousand times I
Found myself asking, "Why? Why?"
Why am I taking so long to say this?
But trust me, girl, I never
Meant to crush your world
And I never thought I would see the day we'd grow apart
And I wanna know...
How do you let go when you
You just don't know what's on
The other side of the door?
When you're walking out, talk about
Girl, I hope you understand
What I'm tryna say
We just can't go on
Pretending that we get along
Girl, how you not gonna see that I'm hurt?
[Chorus]
Listen to your heart
Girl, you know
We should be apart, baby
I, I just can't do it
I, I just can't do it
Listen to your heart
Girl, you know
We should be apart, baby
I, I just can't do it
And sometimes it makes me wanna cry
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Do you hear me crying?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
We gotta talk
Dang, I know, I know
But it's, it's just some things I gotta get off chest, alright?
Yeah, woo, ooo, woo, ooo, woo, ooo
Listen
Baby, come here and sit down
Let's talk; I got alot to say
So I guess I'll start by sayin' that I love you
But you know this thing ain't been a walk in the park (for us)
I swear it'll only take a minute
You'll understand when I finish, yeah
And I don't want to see you cry
But I don't want to be the one to tell you a lie, so
How do you let go when you
You just don't know what's on
The other side of the door?
When you're walking out, talk about it, and
Everything I tried to remember to say
Just went out my head
So I'm a do the best I can to get you to understand
Cause I know!!
[Chorus]
There's never a right time to say goodbye
But I gotta make the first move
Cause if I don't, you gonna start hating me
Cause I really don't feel the way I once felt about you
Girl, it's not you, it's me
I, I gotta, gotta figure out what I need, oh
There's never a right time to say goodbye
But we know that we gotta go
Our separate ways
And I know it's hard, but we gotta do it
It's kind of killing me
Cause there's never a right time
A right time to say goodbye
Girl, I know your heart is breaking
And a thousand times I
Found myself asking, "Why? Why?"
Why am I taking so long to say this?
But trust me, girl, I never
Meant to crush your world
And I never thought I would see the day we'd grow apart
And I wanna know...
How do you let go when you
You just don't know what's on
The other side of the door?
When you're walking out, talk about
Girl, I hope you understand
What I'm tryna say
We just can't go on
Pretending that we get along
Girl, how you not gonna see that I'm hurt?
[Chorus]
Listen to your heart
Girl, you know
We should be apart, baby
I, I just can't do it
I, I just can't do it
Listen to your heart
Girl, you know
We should be apart, baby
I, I just can't do it
And sometimes it makes me wanna cry
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Do you hear me crying?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
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this is such a sad song but we will all go through this in our lifetime. whether it may be from chris's point of view or from the viewpoint of the person chris is singing this song to.
he never thought him and his girlfriend would break up or fall out of love but things have changed. he doesn't feel the same way about her anymore. even though he still cares for her and doesn't want to hurt her, he knows that he has to say goodbye because he's not in love with her anymore. he also doesn't want to hurt her by leading her on and staying with her while he falls in love with someone else.
That's why I think it's so hard to stay in love, I look at people who are like 70 and still deeply in "love" and think how the hell do they do it. I guess it's different with age but it's still a scary thought.. committing your WHOLE life to just one person.. for the rest of your life, everyday you wake up and it's gonna be them next to you. Scary!
I guess I'm drifting off. But it's sad to "Say Goodbye" as the song says but it has to be done because it's so hard to find someone that's constantly growing with you & then you turn back and realise you're both not the same people you were when you fell in love.