Lyric discussion by bullet45 

Cover art for Say Goodbye lyrics by Katharine Mcphee

this is like an epitome of my love life. back in college there was this guy, i had special feelings for him, and i knew he had too. we grew closer, but i suddenly vanished out of the scene. i left him hangin' there, with no explanations... maybe because i was afraid that i will fall deeper in love. he was persistent, but i disappeared out of sight, i never gave him chance to talk to me or whatever communication there is. what could've hurt him is because we were friends, then developed into something closer, then i disappeared. without saying the words, the most important words, the crucial ones. i kept it all inside. because i don't want it to hurt so much when we say goodbye. let me share this:

One grows distant from another, not because of hatred, not because of indifference, but because of fear. There's the fear that the hurt gets greater as one gets closer; a recognition of the tendency to fall deeply, and consequently drown in a quicksand of stupid irrationalities. Sometimes, what drives one away is not the absence of emotion, but the overwhelming presence of it