Story Behind The Song

I fell in love over the last month of spring, and then had to move away for a summer job, leaving my boyfriend behind. When I came back from my summer job, he had found a new girlfriend, which completely broke my heart. I wrote this song after seeing pictures of them together, wishing I had never left.

Song Description

A girl sings about the perfect relationship she had with her partner, and how moving away destroyed everything they had. The lyrics describe how much it hurts to see your lover when they have moved on to someone else, and how timing can make or break a relationship.

Lyrics

I am so confused
thought I'd gotten over you
but like a broken bridge
you give me no way to live,
no way to cross this sea.

Like a falling star
I always wonder where you are
and if you're thinking, too, of me
where we'd be
if I would never leave

Why'd I have to go
when everything I wanted was so close
Why'd I say goodbye
Sometimes it's hard to cry
Why'd I have to go

Why'd I have to go
now my heart will never be whole
why can't you be mine
I blame the hands of time
Why'd I have to go

Everything was real
I felt the things I wanted to feel
and in your sweet embrace
I found the perfect place.
I wish that nothing changed.

Why'd I have to go
when everything I wanted was so close
Why'd I say goodbye
Sometimes it's hard to cry
Why'd I have to go

Why'd I have to go
now my heart will never be whole
why can't you be mine
I blame the hands of time
Why'd I have to go

I've lost you, I know
but my heart won't let you go
to a girl who knows just how to treat you right, right?
But I can't give up this fight
There were just too many nights
Where you'd smile,
and in the darkness
there was light.

Why'd I have to go
when everything I wanted was so close
Why'd I say goodbye
Sometimes it's hard to cry
Why'd I have to go

Why'd I have to go
now my heart will never be whole
why can't you be mine
I blame the hands of time
Why'd I have to go
Why did I have to go?