L'ADDIO

Being real can hurt so much
When you can't fight it out
To avoid disappointing expectations
After six years of snapshots

In the dressing room, tears smudge the makeup
Staying quiet to avoid cursing ourselves
Like a silence that tells it all
The scar when you take out the piercing

In front of my heart, there's a railing
Yours has always been a cliff
You know I liked falling off it too
Yeah, but I didn’t want to hit the bottom

Maybe it’s just this strange life
With suitcases always half-packed
Maybe it’s just that we drift apart
If we want what we fight for

And I’ll disappear, but promise me that
I can always come back to you
If I forget who I was
When my pride was still intact

And however it goes
Goodbye isn’t an option

And maybe the day will really come
When you’ll just be a memory
Or we’ll leave like a flock
That returns with the autumn

That time we spent
You can’t erase it
It stays on your face

I’ll be like that smoke
That paints on the wall
The frame you took down

There was a photo where we looked at each other
Happy eyes after the rough days
And sometimes we forget it
But everyone has seen our fire

Maybe we’ll become two strangers
Traveling on lighter breaths
Who knows if we’re pilots or passengers

And I’ll disappear, but promise me that
I can always come back to you
If I forget who I was
When my pride was still intact

And you’ll disappear, but promise me that
You’ll always want to come back to me
If you forget who you were
When I wasn’t in your thoughts

And however it goes
Goodbye isn’t an option
It’s not an option.