Young Once • Track 7
Did I Hear You Say Goodbye
A song about that horrible in-between feeling when you know something is slipping away but no one will quite say it out loud.
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About the song
Did I Hear You Say Goodbye is about being stuck in that awkward, painful space where a relationship feels like it is ending, but nobody is brave enough to say it straight. It is full of doubt, second-guessing, and that desperate need to know where you really stand.
I’m not interested in making you stay
Somewhere that you don’t want to be
But it is only fair I should know the truth
Do you want to be free
You keep on talking in your clever way
But you don’t tell me anything real
So I listen close to every excuse
Trying to find out how you feel
For I need to know, I need to know
Did I hear you say goodbye
Did I see you walk away
Though I know you never lie
What you mean you never say
I won’t hold you if you want to go
But I think that you’re aware
That you are hurting me with this indecision
I am not sure if you even care
For I need to know, I need to know
Did I hear you say goodbye
Did I see you walk away
Though I know you never lie
What you mean you never say