After Goodbye from Wasted Years by Brian Gallagher

The steam from my coffee cup
Is fogging my kitchen window up
Outside it’s cold and grey
Wouldn’t have it any other way

There’s an empty closet in my room
Filled with empty memories of you
There’s a hole in my blue jeans
And in the heart that I left on my sleeve

Say what you want, say what you will
The taste of your words are bitter still
I’m the first one to flinch, the first one to cry
And the last one standing…
After goodbye

The face reflected in the glass
Looks like someone who was happier in the past
But the thing about memories
Is that they forget about the truth conveniently

There’s a broken mirror by the door
Just another casualty of war
There’s a peace lily in the hall
That never seemed to find no peace at all

Say what you want, say what you will
The taste of your words are bitter still
I’m the first one to flinch, the first one to cry
And the last one standing…
After goodbye

Splash a little water on my face
Tell myself it’s time to join the human race
Spend an hour staring at this door
Ask myself what the hell I’m waiting for

• Folk
• adult
• canadiana
• folk rock
• singer-songwriter
• Pincourt