I've done my best to help you understand

A part of me that wants to take your hand

And pull you close

To dry your tears but after all these years

We need to let it go

It's not the love we used to know

Oh listen can't you see

If not for misery

We'd have nothing left at all

So hard we try

To make it like before

Beyond these walls

There must be something more

More than this

Where love won't die

It's time to say goodbye

We need to let it go

It's not the love we used to know

Oh listen can't you see

If not for misery

We'd have nothing left at all

Now it's a game of chutes and ladders

We only play to win

And nothing else much matters

Remember this to your own heart be true

And if you are your heart will see you through

We need to let it go

It's not the love we used to know

Oh listen can't you see

If not for misery

We'd have nothing left at all

We need to let it go

It's not the love we used to know

Oh listen can't you see

If not for misery we'd have nothing left at all

Oh why can't you see

If not for misery we'd have nothing left at all