Long Goodbye by Jordan Seal

I was 20, and you were 21
We were both discovering who we would become
And though we started the same pace
And we ran a braided path
And our highways looked the same
We kept separate maps

And when you say forever
It sounds like goodbye
My bonds are quick to sever
And your dress is never white
Some nights we tease the ending
Still pretending to be blind
We’re broken but still bending
Waving this long goodbye

So we write our plans in pencil
And fight about our dreams
And try denying promises
That we couldn’t keep
My hand covers my heart
But I still can’t feel it beat
There’s only silence in the bedroom
Between us in the sheets

And when we say forever
It sounds like goodbye
My bonds are quick to sever
And your dress is never white
Some nights we tease the ending
Still pretending to be blind
We’re broken but still bending
Waving this long goodbye

Blood on my fingers
Trying to come to grips with why
All the things that felt like promises
Turned out to be lies

And when we say forever
It sounds like goodbye
My bonds are quick to sever
And your dress is never white
Some nights we tease the ending
Still pretending to be blind
We’re broken but still bending
Waving this long goodbye

• Rock
• bedroom pop
• bedroom rock
• dad rock
• indie
• singer-songwriter
• Atlanta