It's Not Good Bye ~ I'll Be Right Here Rememberin' When...

Part One

And what if I never kiss your lips again

Or feel the touch of your sweet embrace

How would I ever go on

Without you there's no place to belong

It's been so long now that I can barely remember the feel of your lips brushing mine or the way you hold me from behind...

I wander these lonely streets at night, unable to keep up the fight. Can't even find my way home, there's no place now that I belong...

Well someday love is gonna lead you back to me

But 'til it does I'll have an empty heart

So I'll just have to believe

Somewhere out there you thinking of me

I lie here passed out on the floor, wondering if you'll ever grace my door.

Lying here totally numb, wondering how I can be so dumb, opening my heart to someone. So I wait, and wait but you don't come.

Until the day I'll let you go

Until we say our next hello

It's not goodbye

'Til I see you again

I'll be right here rememberin' when

And if time is on our side

There will be no tears to cry

On down the road

There is one thing I can't deny

It's not goodbye

I set you free, hoping you'd find your way back to me. My love for you will always grow, that's something I thought you'd always know...

But now I can see, that the best that can be, is that someday you'll remember me... So I hide my tears and pray, wishing that you'll return someday.

You'd think I'd be strong enough to make it through

And rise above when the rain falls down

But it's so hard to be strong

When you've been missin' somebody so long

Just when I was ready to let you in, you slipped away and ran off with him.

I walk through the rain hiding my shame, finally acknowledging all your pain. Knowing that I'm to blame. Why did I cause you so much pain?

It's just a matter of time I'm sure

But time takes time and I can't hold on

So won't you try as hard as you can

To put my broken heart together again

I always thought that we'd see each other again, holding on to the bitter end. Now I wait with an empty heart, wondering if you ever think of me in the dark.

There's no need to hold on anymore. If I'm really honest I've always known the score. So I let go again, wondering if I'll ever be whole again...

Until the day I'll let you go

Until we say our next hello

It's not goodbye

'Til I see you again

I'll be right here rememberin' when

And if time is on our side

There will be no tears to cry

On down the road

There is one thing I can't deny

It's not goodbye

So I lie alone in the night, feeling you there just of out sight. Trying to forget with all my might what finally made you leave that last night.

It never had to be this way, if only I asked you to stay. But I let you walk away, knowing there'd be hell to pay...

Brian's thoughts were inspired by the song It's not Good Bye ~ Laura Pausini

To me as I listened to this song, watching the video I couldn't help thinking that she wrote this song as a response to the final episode of Queer as Folk.

I hope you enjoy the video ~ Kathleen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i53OxSLA5UE