Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun
Yes, I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won
So I took what's mine by eternal right
Took your soul out into the night
It may be over but it won't stop there
I am here for you, if you'd only care
You touched my heart, you touched my soul
You changed my life and all my goals
And love is blind but that I knew when
My heart was blinded by you
I've kissed your lips and held your hand
Shared your dreams and shared your bed
I know you well, I know your smell
I've been addicted to you

Goodbye, my lover
Goodbye, my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me
Goodbye, my lover
Goodbye, my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me

I am a dreamer and when I wake
You can't break my spirit, it's my dreams you take
And as you move on, remember me
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile
I've watched you sleeping for a while
I'd be the father of your child
I'd spend a lifetime with you
I know your fears and you know mine
We've had our doubts but now we're fine
And I love you, I swear that's true
I cannot live without you

Goodbye, my lover
Goodbye, my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me
Goodbye, my lover
Goodbye, my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me

And I still hold your hand in mine
In mine when I'm asleep
And I will bare my soul in time
When I'm kneeling at your feet

Goodbye, my lover
Goodbye, my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me
Goodbye, my lover
Goodbye, my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me

I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow


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Goodbye My Lover Lyrics as written by James Blunt Sacha Skarbek

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    Memory

    in the video, at the end the girl is on her bed alone and looking at her right, thinking about her lover.

    i had a boyfriend, i'm not sure if i can call him a boyfriend cause we met online and we shared our vids, photos etc but never had the chance to meet in real life. it may sound ridicilous to some of you, the idea of loving someone you couldn't touch or look in the eye but it was for real. we were together for 5 months, talking everyday and sharing every feeling we got. one day he told me that he had a confession. he said that kissed a girl cause i wasn't around, it happened suddenly, it was hard to stay still for 5 months without even holding my hand, bla bla bla. a week after breaking up that girl and him started to date. that's the time i started crying. until then i wasn't feeling any pain, maybe it was because i could never kiss him, eventually i didn't feel like he cheated on me. but when i realized he could actually like or love someone else.. my heart began to hurt. it's been a year since we broke up, their relation lasted for 2 months, now he texts me everyday and says that he loves me, he always did. i know it's bullshit. i know i can't give my heart to him again. it still hurts. it's still recovering.

    of course i knew the song but i watched the video for the first time. i feel like i'm gonna faint. we used to imagine each other near us before going to sleep, last night he said "i'm on the left, just sleep on the right side and think like i'm holding you, good night baby, i love you." i watched the video for 5 times, just to see the girl at the end. just to see how i look when i'm reaching out to my left like i'm going to find him.

    why is love so difficult? why can't we be like animals, why does it have to end somehow? why can love take you soo much higher and at the same time bring you down when there's nobody to catch you?

    sorry guys, i wrote a lot of irrelevant stuff but i couldn't keep myself from writing.

    dimple444on December 17, 2009   Link

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