Leave It Behind
Echoes of Lost Love: Olivia Evans' 'Leave It Behind' Unraveled
Lyrics
You were water in my hands
You were a fleeting and uncontrollable presence in my life.
Never stood a chance of holding onto you
I never had a chance to maintain a grip on you.
A castle in the sand
Our relationship was delicate and temporary, like a sandcastle.
It was beautiful
Despite its impermanence, it was beautiful.
Til it all just washed away
However, everything fell apart suddenly and completely.
Why do I why do I keep on keeping on
I question why I persist in moving forward despite the pain.
Why do I why do I miss you when you don't
I wonder why I still long for you even when you're absent.
Why do I why do I keep on asking why
I repeatedly ask myself why things turned out this way.
Leave it behind
Suggesting the need to let go of the past and move forward.
You were charming weren't you baby
You were captivating and alluring, weren't you?
Your eyes a glass of wine and all my words escaped me
Your presence and charm rendered me speechless.
I fell quiet like the snow
I became silent, akin to how snow muffles sound.
Stood there frozen in a parking lot
I felt paralyzed, standing in a stagnant moment.
And watched you let me go
I witnessed you choosing to let our connection dissolve.
How do you how do you act so casual
Questioning how you manage to appear unaffected.
How do you how do you love then leave it all
Wondering how you love deeply and then abandon it all.
How do I how do I forget you were mine
Struggling with forgetting that you were once mine.
Leave it behind
Reiterating the need to move beyond the past.
A thousand times a day I lose you
Expressing the constant pain of losing you throughout the day.
A thousand lies I say to try to
Using lies to attempt to convince myself that I'm okay.
Convince myself I'm fine I'm fine I'm fine
Repeating 'I'm fine' as a mantra to deny the emotional turmoil.
And I can leave it behind
Asserting the desire to move on from the past pain.
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