She shared about the single:
I wanted to write an ode to the first home that I moved into on my own, because it felt like a main character in my life through my early 20s. Those walls saw me live through so many firsts, held me through so many ups and downs and watched so many people come and go,”...
[Verse 1]
There's a chalkboard in the kitchen
Full of names of people I don’t know anymore (Mm)
There's a sink of dirty dishes
And a picture frame in pieces in a drawer
And boxes on the floor, yeah
[Pre-Chorus 1]
If these walls could talk
They'd tell you how I learned to fall and get back up
Feels like too much, and just enough, so
[Chorus 1]
Goodbye to the balcony I had that awful kiss
Goodbye to the purple walls I never thought I’d miss
To the years and broken mirrors that have seen my faces change
Well, it might be time we go our separate ways
So I say, "Goodbye, and thank you"
"Goodbye, and thank you"
[Verse 2]
To the place that I burned dinners
To the stack of empty letters in the corner (Mm, mm, mm)
To the nights around the table
And the nights I can't really remember at all, oh, yeah
[Pre-Chorus 2]
If these walls could talk
They'd tell you how I learned to fall back in love
Feels like I hear the stories all at once
[Chorus 1]
Goodbye to the balcony I had that awful kiss
Goodbye to the purple walls I never thought I'd miss
To the years and broken mirrors that have seen my faces change
Well, it might be time we go our separate ways
So I say, "Goodbye, and thank you"
"Goodbye, and thank you"
[Bridge]
I cried and I grew
I tried my way through
"Goodbye, and thank you"
[Chorus 2]
Goodbye to the life I made inside this empty space
Goodbye to the memories I never thought I'd make
To the years and broken mirrors that have seen my faces change
Guess I knew this day would come, but it's still strange
"Goodbye and thank you"
[Outro]
"Goodbye, and thank you, goodbye"
goodbye & thank u was written by Riley Biederer & Jonny Shorr & Kira Kosarin.
goodbye & thank u was produced by Jonny Shorr.
Kira Kosarin released goodbye & thank u on Fri Jun 10 2022.