Finally Gone

[00:26.00] I left the key under the mat this time

[00:33.44] Didn't check the rooms the way I always did

[00:40.08] Took one slow breath and knew it was time

[00:46.45] Eased out slow and watched the street drift back

[00:53.89] I knew I'd feel her watching from the window

[01:00.55] The one I used to be before I chose to go

[01:09.06] I didn't look back

[01:13.57] I'm not running — I just chose to move

[01:20.47] Left the version of me that never would

[01:27.38] If I grieve it, let me grieve it going forward

[01:34.02] There's a road that only opens when you're ready

[01:46.77] And I'm ready

[01:54.74] The radio found something I didn't choose

[02:01.38] A song that somehow already knew

[02:08.02] So I turned it up and kept my eyes ahead

[02:13.60] Some things you understand by where you end up

[02:21.30] Past everything that used to be enough

[02:27.94] I can feel the weather changing in my veins

[02:34.85] I thought I'd hold my breath until I crossed it

[02:41.49] But my lungs had already let it go

[02:48.40] There's a version of me back there

[02:52.38] That needed me to stay

[02:55.30] I left her what I couldn't keep

[03:01.94] I hope she figures out she was always free to go

[03:11.58] I'm not running — I just chose to move

[03:18.48] Left the version of me that never would

[03:25.39] If I grieve it, let me grieve it going forward

[03:32.03] There's a road that only opens when you're ready

[03:44.28] And I was ready

[03:51.19] Longer than I knew