Let a Lover Go Lyrics

I didn't know when I met you that you'd be my jailor

I wish I wasn't so soft, this pain could be over

But love has a way of keeping you inside

The same fucking moment it eats you alive

'Til you're old as an oak tree and wondering where the years went

That first cold Winter it lasted a lifetime

The Spring that followed was nothing but rain

Summer was hot and I kind of just missed it

Autumn is over it's winter again

I hold on to the hope that I'll see you

But darling I don't even know where you are

We stopped talking when I was still new here

And you fucking ran with the key to my heart

Mama please don't hang up the phone

I'm sitting at the light turning red, green, yellow

I could tell you all the ways I miss her

But that would take the rest of forever

Can't a man just let a lover go

Is this all a bad dream, am I Orpheus

I'd walk through hell just to change the ending and win back your love

But up here on Earth

Nobody cares

What you deserve, what you get

And whether it's fair

My ex got married and I wasn't invited

My uncle fell sick and my grandmother died

Roads got paved and the restaurants changed

And I scratched my car on the passenger side

I still check every coffee shop window

But darling I don't even know what I'd say

You wouldn't turn at the sound of my voice

And I wouldn't speak anyway

Mama please don't hang up the phone

I'm sitting at the light turning red, green, yellow

I could tell you all the ways I miss her

But that would take the rest of forever

Can't a man just let a lover go

I don't remember why I liked you

It hurts when I see pictures of you smiling

Maybe I just wanted in on something close to happiness

And you were just the one I learned to laugh with

Mama you can hang up the phone

The lights stopped changing and I made it home

And darling in my perfect world

We fell in love and we grew old

But it's not the life I get, I know

Darling, I'll miss you forever

But my heart's healed, my wounds got better

I think I can let a lover go