[Interlude 1]
The first thing is
to allow yourself to say goodbye,
and too often we get afraid of endings,
and so w-we don't allow ourselves a goodbye.
[Interlude 2]
Goodbyes are temporary because no one ever really leaves
and nothing lasts forever,
and if you can remember those two things
that people are always with us because they're in out hearts and in our memory,
and the only thing we can depend on is change.
[Outro]
I bet it hurts to read "permanence"
I used to think on all of this
And how you don't
Damn its hard to find
Sustenance when all I had
Was love for this
And now you don't
Now I just abuse
Substances to drown out your accomplishments
However few