Gentle Goodbye (Mental Health)

[Verse 1] The boxes stacked beside the open door Your coat still hanging where it hung before We walked the garden one last time today And found the words we didn't know to say [Pre-Chorus] It doesn't have to break us down To love is to let go somehow [Chorus] This is a gentle goodbye No slamming doors, no bitter cry Just thank you for the years we had The quiet good outweighs the sad I'll wave until you're out of sight And keep the porch light burning bright A gentle, gentle goodbye [Verse 2] I'll miss the way you hummed while making bread The silly jokes, the stories that you read But every season has its time to turn And every leaving has a gift to learn [Pre-Chorus] It doesn't have to break us down To love is to let go somehow [Chorus] This is a gentle goodbye No slamming doors, no bitter cry Just thank you for the years we had The quiet good outweighs the sad I'll wave until you're out of sight And keep the porch light burning bright A gentle, gentle goodbye [Bridge] Tears can fall and still be kind Hearts can ache and still be fine What we built will not undo I carry every part of you [Final Chorus] This is a gentle goodbye No slamming doors, no bitter cry Just thank you for the years we had The quiet good outweighs the sad I'll wave until you're out of sight And keep the porch light burning bright A gentle, gentle goodbye [Outro] Go well, go well A gentle goodbye