Lyric discussion by Dance With Me Lois 

Cover art for Goodbye lyrics by Patty Griffin

I think this song is about... death, obviously, but I guess the person singing never said goodbye the way they want to, or at all. It's kind of like that moral I learned when I was ten: "Treat each person like it was the last day you'll ever see them." I try to live like that because if someone dies, then I'd feel really guilty about not saying goodbye to them.

Anyway, it's also about masking inner pain. She doesn't want to accept the fact that the person she loved is really dead.

This song is actually really depressing.