[Verse 1]
I don't think you understand the feeling that I get inside
When I see your cursive handwriting it's like you're still alive
I laugh and then I smile it takes a while before it sinks
It's like a part of you is still among us sunken through the ink
I write you on a sheet, let my pen feel like a river
I catch my thoughts and pass my letters drying through the paper
Memories are fading since we no longer communicate
The silent treatment's torturous, was I the one who taught you this
Sorry for the times I locked the door and shut you out
Left the house without a word and all this shit has kept you up
I woke up in the hospital and finally had enough
And that's about the time that I would hear you I would stuff
I had a million questions pinching inside of my skull
Inside it seems insists that I invite you for a talk
Remember raising questions as to what your biggest dreams were
Your reply included me, doing what I dreamed for
And that's about the time I packed my bags and moved away
To go to college I acknowledge got some knowledge on the way
And if it taught me something it's that anything can happen
Any day can be the first and any day can be the last
Any day can be the best and any day can make you hurt
I'm including in the hours must be worth it in the end because
I'm hanging loose and sitting tight, realize that I didn't mind
I've spent a few years in silence just to make it overnight

[Chorus]
Hard to say goodbye when time threw a spot
Reaching for the stars, light in the sky
I can't reach far so I keep you close
I try to hide it off but it often shows
Hard to say goodbye when time threw a spot
Reaching for the stars, light in the sky
I can't reach far so I keep you close
I try to hide it off but it often shows

[Verse 2]
It's been a year now, and things are looking better
Since I had the time I took the time to write a letter
And even though I can't stick postage and to send it
I hope I sing this high enough for heaven gets to hear it
You see what I've been trying to do, is to make you proud
Just sorry you can witness when I stand before the crowd
I'm sticking by my words so one day I might've promised you
You told me that I couldn't I told you I would make it through
You said put it the hours and the effort and for nothing
And now all of a sudden, I'm in a competition
Look out I'm feeling nervous like I'm staring at a gun
I got Nikes on my feet but it's too late for me to run
And if I were to run my faith is all that I am running from
My fight is with myself assume the chances as they come
Be giving it my all because it make me number one
Me not have reached it yet, I'll write you when I'm done

[Chorus]
Hard to say goodbye when time threw a spot
Reaching for the stars, light in the sky
I can't reach far so I keep you close
I try to hide it off but it often shows
Hard to say goodbye when time threw a spot
Reaching for the stars, light in the sky
I can't reach far so I keep you close
I try to hide it off but it often shows