Story Behind The Song

After the writer came out of a relationship, he asks, "when do these terrible feelings start to fade?"

Song Description

When you break up, when does the hurt begin to fade?

Lyrics

When Is It Over?
Words and Music by Thom Sessa

It seems we?ve gotten to the point
You say you're moving on
We've got a list of all the reasons why
Everything we have went wrong
But for me it?s not that easy
Heaven knows I?m holding on
We both had our chance
to change our ways
But we waited much too long

So we lay down with our sadness
And we wake up to our pain
But we can still wake up and
take the chance and maybe try it once again
It?s going to take a lot of courage
Because we can?t remain the same
I know the past is passed,
but still inside,
I?m just wondering where I am

So when is it over? And where does it end?
How will my heart tell me when it?s the time
so I can start to love again?
Because you are the answer
And you?ve always been
So when it is over, over, over, over
baby? Tell me when does that begin?

I see the doors keep on revolving
And the faces always change
You give me just one smile
and I get hope
But then I see you leave again
Sometimes I wonder who you?re holding
Because you?re always on my mind
And worst of all, I wonder if
You?ll ever be back in my life
So when is n over? And where does it end?
How will my heart tell me when it?s the time
so I can start to love again?
Because you are the answer
And you?ve always been
So now that it's over, over, over, over
baby? Does it really have to end?

The years go by, the seasons change
and I still feel the same
(I still love you)
I dream of when I?ll see your face
And maybe feel this way again

But please forgive for the asking
Because you never did explain
That when it?s over, over, over, over
Tell me when does that begin

Now that it?s over
And now it?s the end
So when will my heart tell me
that it?s the time
so I can start to love again
Because you are my answer
You?ve always been
So now that it?s over, over, over, baby
Tell me, when does that begin?

When does that start? When it is over?
When does that start? And when does that begin?