I held you for a moment in my hands The moment with you slipped away like sand Through my fingers now In front of me a choice I have to make To carry on or simply fade away I lose you either way I'd like to say that it was easy, it was hard To say goodbye, I thought that I would die Chorus Letting go of you, was so hard to And I thought that it would kill me but I made It through somehow, and I'm so much stronger now I gave to you my love and my respect But I could never make you love me back I denied it so I grew bitter watching you grow cold My life became your prison, took it's toll I decided Like a bird that's trapped Inside a gilded cage It's hard to set it free, Hurts to watch it Fly away