Lyrics

[Verse]
sitting in that church i knew exactly where i stood
but i couldn?t say the words

i wrote my wishes on the paper and i threw them in the fire
and i prayed that i?d be heard

Prechorus
sparks flew up and echoed all around me
alone as i was the day you found me

Chorus
it?s the longest goodbye
that i ever said
that i ever meant
it?s the longest goodbye
stained with tears of love
but i?ve had enough

[Verse]
i told you that i really wasn?t thinking about you much
and i meant it at the time
it wasn?t very nice and no, it wasn?t much like me
but i guess i?d drawn a line

[Prechorus]
you said that it would sneak up on me
late at night i sit up straight and now i see

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
you were my family
but i?ve cut the cord and now i?m free
i threw it in the fire but it wasn?t to destroy
it was to release you
?cause i love you, boy

[Verse]
we were only children on the day that we first met
and still we are today
and the children that we didn?t have, i guess they caught a break
?cause you knew i couldn?t stay

[Prechorus]
you might be surprised to know how much i wanted your love
so much that there never really could have been enough

[Chorus]