Saying Goodbye is Exhausting (feat. Justin Vivian Bond)

You made me a deal that I'd never feel like I had to worry (about you) That wherever you are, You'd keep your heart safe from harm (whatever happened to that) We've been here before, and you know I adore you But you thought that you could put out fires with a look And the world around brought you down Took your hands off the wheel, and life overtook. Over the hill there's a place where none of this happened Over the bridge you're still there looking up at the sky Over the sea, there's a place where you could have been happy But all too soon I feel the pain of your loss And saying goodbye is exhausting If I feel that it's not real, I hope you can forgive me For starting to write to you time to time before stopping myself. I've been before and I'll be here Again: trying to put out fires with a kiss But in your mind is a world that I didn't understand And it came to this Saying goodbye is exhausting Passing the time is exhausting Trying to cry is exhausting Staying alive is exhausting Over the hill there's a place where we haven't met yet And you're under a tree with a cigarette, looking up at the sky. Over the sea, There's a place we should have been happy, belly to the moon But too soon I feel the pain of your loss sting Cos saying goodbye is exhausting. Saying goodbye is exhausting Trying to cry is exhausting Staying alive is exhausting Trying to cry is just ...