I can see the pain living in your eyes
and I know how hard you try
you deserve to have so much more
I can feel your heart and I sympathize
and I'll never criticize
all you've ever meant to my life

I don't want to let you down
I don't want to lead you on
I don't want to hold you back
from where you might belong

you would never ask me why
my heart is so disguised
I just can't live a lie anymore
I would rather hurt myself
than to ever make you cry
there's nothing left to say but goodbye

you deserve a chance at the kind of love
I'm not sure I'm worthy of
losing you is painful to me

I don't want to let you down
I don't want to lead you on
I don't want to hold you back
from where you might belong

you would never ask me why...

...though it's gonna hurt us both
there's no other way than to say goodbye