Dwayne Swayze - If This Is Goodbye Lyrics

If this is goodbye
In the starlit sky
Each dream soared up high twelve times
Yet maybe destined not to fly

With twelve steps taken
A path forsaken
Twelve questions linger, answers shaken
In the silence, hearts awaken

If you no longer roam this road
Is twelve fate's code?
Or the weight of twelve dreams that you've shouldered
In the quest for worlds uncharted?

Twelve times without number
Yet still, you wonder
Is this where the story ends
Or a pause before it transcends?

A daughter's laughter, a wife's embrace
In love's grace
But can twelve passions and family coexist
Or does one's fire the other resist?

Twelve dances of love and duty
What becomes of one's beauty?
As life's symphony plays on
In the shadows, dreams are drawn

So if this is goodbye,
Beneath the moonlit sky
Know that within, you'll still try
To navigate this vast, uncertain sky

For in every end lies a new start
And in every journey, a part
So if this is where you must depart
Embrace the unknown with an open heart

Twelve
Twelve
Twelve
Twelve

In a war of ego, the loser always wins
Will my story start when this song ends
Why call it quits just to start it all again
A prisoner of choice, but I feel condemned
The pain of regret is starting to manifest
Load of a heavy heart, feel it in my chest
Carrying it all left a chip on my shoulder
Finally looked up, I'm being circled by vultures
I try to escape but can't outrun fate
Reminded of time seeing my toddler's face
All the dreams I chased now seem misplaced
Pages filled with words that I can't erase
All the ink that's spilled could never be replaced
Filling up the shelves of my bookcase
Legacy etched deep, this can't be traced
I'll never settle, no medal for fourth place
Lighthouse in my storm, my unsung hero
Stole our youth pursuing this, it doesn't feel legal
The wind beneath my wings, lift me up like an eagle
Invested way too much for the sum to be zero
High enough, now I'm eye to eye with the opportunists
Are the voices loud enough to finally be muted?
Didn't work this hard to find myself for me to lose it
So the next few sips, that's for music
Fuel pump of passion running empty; is this the end
I can see the shade through these Ray-Ban lens
Peers starting to reach and follow to TikTok trends
Fixated on hip-hop watching my purpose bend
Staring truth in the face, can a mirror ever lie?
If this reflects the surface, what lies inside?
So I guess it's time to ask myself one last time
Will I enjoy life, if this is goodbye

If this is goodbye
If this is goodbye
If this is goodbye
If this is goodbye
If this is goodbye