This Is Letting Go lyrics

Once upon a time I could take anything, anything.

Always stepped in time, regardless of the beat

I moved my feet, I carried weight

What I could not do I faked

And I dug seeking treasure

Just to wake up in an early grave

So I stopped right then and said

Go on alone, 'cause I won't follow.

But this isn't giving up, no this is letting go

Out with the old dreams I've borrowed

The path I carve from here on out will be my own

The path will be my own

This is the part where the needle skips

And the chorus plays like a sink that drips

A syllable repeating, like a warning we aren't heeding

Until all of a sudden we notice it

When the wheels brace and the tires grip

A map we've been misreading

A defeat we're not conceding

Until now

There must be some other way out

Go on alone, 'cause I won't follow

But this isn't giving up, no this is letting go

Out with the old dreams I've borrowed

The path I carve from here on out will be my own

A path to take me home

(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)

The wind died

The whole world ceased to move

Now so quiet

Her beating heart became a boom

We locked eyes

For just a moment or two

She asked why

I said "I don't know why

I just know"

The wind died

The whole world ceased to move

Now so quiet

Her beating heart became a boom

We locked eyes

For just a moment or two

She asked why

I said "I don't know why

I just know

I just know"

Go on alone, 'cause I won't follow

But this isn't giving up, no this is letting go

I made the most of all this sorrow

I tried to brave this discontent but now I'm through

I'm letting go of you.

This is letting go

This is letting go

Once upon a time I could take anything, anything.

• Artist:Rise Against
• Album:Endgame (2011)