Beautiful Remains
Eternal Echoes: Nostalgia and Loss in 'Beautiful Remains'
Lyrics
I hate goodbyes
I dislike farewells.
Endings have always scared me
Concluding moments have always instilled fear in me.
I'll keep hanging on
I will persist and continue to hold on.
Even if it's clear that something's over
Even if it's evident that something has ended.
I've given away
I've given away numerous parts of my identity or self.
So many pieces of myself
I've shared many aspects of myself.
cnd all I can do
My only option is to release them and trust they'll be looked after.
Is let them go and hope they're cared for
Allowing things to depart while hoping they'll be cherished.
If I had my way
If I had control,
I'd pick out our best days
I'd select our most joyful moments.
cnd live in them forever
And exist within them eternally.
Why do good things change?
Why do positive occurrences undergo change?
When nothing else remains
When nothing else is present,
I hope we'll be together
I aspire for us to be reunited.
I find myself
I discover myself
Caught in this vicious cycle
Trapped in this recurring and destructive pattern.
Retracing my steps
Revisiting my actions
Trying to get back to where I lost you
Attempting to return to the point where I lost you.
Because I can't shake the past
Because I cannot rid myself of the past.
Why do all my happy memories
Why do all my joyful memories
Make me sad?
Elicit sadness within me?
If I had my way
If I had control,
I'd pick out our best days
I'd select our most joyful moments.
cnd live in them forever
And exist within them eternally.
Why do good things change?
Why do positive occurrences undergo change?
When nothing else remains
When nothing else is present,
I hope we'll be together
I aspire for us to be reunited.
cm I grieving you or me
Am I mourning for you or myself
Or everything we were supposed to be?
Or for everything we were meant to become?
If I had my way
If I had control,
I'd pick out our best days
I'd select our most joyful moments.
cnd live in them forever
And exist within them eternally.
Why do good things change?
Why do positive occurrences undergo change?
When nothing else remains
When nothing else is present,
I hope we'll be together
I aspire for us to be reunited.
I wish I could save
I wish I could preserve
The beautiful remains
The beautiful remnants
Of what we had together
Of our past relationship.
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