I thought you said you would never let go of me

I thought you said I could never be replaced

But hurt as it might, deep down I know

Our friendship has changed.

What once was is now but a memory

And all the plans we had, all the promises we made,

Are now nothing but ghosts,

For our lives have changed

I tried to hold on to the pieces of the past

But they kept falling through my fingers like sand

As a painful reminder that everything has an end.

I tried to let go of you,

But the ghosts of the past keep crawling back,

Sneaking their way in and never letting go of me.

Past and future keep me chained where I am,

Trapped in a tug of war between what was and is

And every time it seems like one might finally win

The other pulls back and in the middle I stand.

And as my mind begs me to let go of it

My heart, full of memories, begs me to keep trying.

And it’s thinking of forever that I’m stuck

Never even knowing whether to follow brain or heart.