Bending

The first said goodbye by letting go

Just letting it all slide away

I should have seen, I should have known

The price I was to pay

The second said goodbye to his own wife

And I was lost in the maze

Of shattered hearts and a broken life

And a little heart that no longer plays

The third said goodbye in a letter

She said that I wasn’t enough

I believed her, and I didn’t get better

The road she paved was rough

The fourth said goodbye with me in the room

I heard the whole speech to the end

I know that we’ll be alright soon

But I’m not sure my heart can bend

            I’m afraid that soon it will stop its bending

            And someday it will break

            Some days there seems little use pretending

            That I am not a mistake