I'm at the end,
and we're beginning
to welcome home
my last goodbye.
What no one says
is how it'd be empty
the final time
I close my eyes.

It looks like I'll go out the way I came in
to dust and all alone I shed my skin.

You grip my hand again
the way you always do,
the way that told me fears
I'm safe when I'm with you.
You grip my hand again
to fend off the farewell,
but as I fade to black
this time it won't grip back.

We're at the part
where I surrender,
and leave behind
the love I knew.
What no one says
is how I'd be this empty
when your final words
return to you.

It looks like I'll go out the way I came in
to dust and alone I shed my skin.
The pain I made you hold to watch me wither
is all that I can give while I'm still here.

You grip my hand again 
the way you always do, 
the way that told me fears 
I'm safe when I'm with you. 
You grip my hand again 
to fend off the farewell, 
but as I fade to black,
this time it won't grip back.