Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Goodbye...(Musicking Lisa)

I'm sitting in the middle of my bedroom floor as I type this (on my phone, no less), practically ignoring text messages and the like...

God has a way of bringing things to an end when you don't want to, but need to. I was thinking of a particular person who is trying to come back into my life, and I was dreading the decision to cancel them out. Reading my friend Corey's note about "cancelled programming" (Yes!!) was a good start...

Then, I'm half-listening to Lisa Fischer's So Intense album, half-pretending to clean my room, and I hear the last song on this CD. Mind you, I haven't ever really listened to the whole CD (I mean, it was released in the early 90s), but this particular song has been on repeat for the last three hours.

Last Goodbye
Lisa Fischer

I knew that this was coming
There'll be no looking back for me
I'm kind of glad it happened this way
There's not much more I can take

It's never easy when you have to bid a farewell
Right now I'm in a daze; I only hope I'll live to tell

Tears will dry; make room for new ones I will cry
Pain subsides; we'll both survive the last goodbye

I'll have to start from where I'm standing
There'll be no looking back for me
Understand that it's over and done
Love will take my memory

Soul doesn't grow with life
We must allow old wounds to heal
At least that's what I'm told
I only know the way I feel

Tears will dry; make room for new ones I will cry
Pain subsides; we'll both survive the last goodbye

It's never easy when you have to bid a farewell
Right now I'm in a daze; I only hope I'll live to tell

I know there's gonna be pain
But for some reason I'm not afraid
Because even the darkest night
Always leads to a brighter day

Tears will dry; make room for new ones I will cry
Pain subsides; we'll both survive the last goodbye.


Yep...def gonna mail this one out...or even email it.