With Regards

Far away, I pray this letter finds you well and safe I hope to god I wrote it not too late I'll never understand the things you've faced The path you had to take You were the parts of me I kept concealed and contained A relic of the way you were raised A product of rage, of passion and pain The last one to shoulder the blame Did you expect me to try to look you straight in the eye And drag you back down to earth? I watched you walk down a road I could not condone And fell to my knees as it took you so Far away, I pray this letter finds you well and safe I hope to god I wrote it not too late I'll never understand the things you've faced The path you had to take Was it your choice to break the promises you made In a voice that quaked with apprehension? I thought I knew you, I thought you knew me too The grave that you dug's not deep enough for two It's not deep enough for two And I don't owe shit to you I'm running out of reasons not to keep you so Far away, I pray this letter finds you well and safe I hope to god I wrote it not too late I'll never understand the things you've faced The path you had to take Time won't slow If you could see these words before you go I swear I'll never sleep until I know That you have finally found a place to rest And the weight is off your chest As you waste away You're a ghost You're a ghost to me You fucking let me down Why can't you let me be? (Why can't you let me be?) I went through hell to find a way in But you made the bed you laid in Convinced that no one would care Cut every tie you could rely on But you chose this hill to die on And I won't follow you there Far away, I pray this letter finds you well and safe I hope to god I wrote it not too late I'll never understand the things you've faced The path you had to take Can't you see? (some things cannot be concealed) Please know I never wanted you to leave (we will succumb to the wounds we never heal) I'll bleed from every pore just to believe (I hope you find a place to rest) That you got what you sought in your last breath Some dignity in death (in your death)