Turniphead

When we started growing apart, I knew that it was time
You would tell me about your day, and never ask me about mine
I could never stop loving you, even if I tried (even if I tried)
So I took my leave, opted in, for a hard goodbye

We would talk all night, all night, all night
Talking about oceans and how little we studied them
You were always wondering what's going on beneath the surface
So I shared everything with you, all of my feelings

When we started growing apart, I knew that it was time
You would tell me about your day, and never ask me about mine
I could never stop loving you, even if I tried (even if I tried)
You come to me in my dreams, distant but fine

You said you could kiss me if you swayed more that way
Not sure if you knew how you made me feel on that day
On a leash, I was running towards what could never be
I just wanted to know you and be what you needed me to be
But it got to a point where I just needed to be me

When I grew in one direction, you grew the other way
Told me I wasn't myself, that I was just wasting away
I could never stop loving you, even if I tried (even if I tried)
So I took my leave, followed my dreams, with a hard goodbye

Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye

I was feeling I was needed, It was what I'd always known
I was needing to be needed
But I knew some folks that didn't need a thing from me
Just needed me to be myself, unapologetically
And that felt alright, and then it felt pristine
I was a light in a crystal cave
Shining til' I found my way to the opening, I moved away
And started opening and transforming the way I was relating

And I'm still working it out