reply.

it's hard to explain the weight of pain in one's heart
I'll always regret being so cold to you that night
you deserve better than the words I can't write
I hope you know that.

your feelings scared me off, I guess
and no apologies could ever clean up the mess
though here is one I still have left:
I'm sorry I'm in love with someone else.

stars don't need counting
they've been dead for quite some time
your heart doesn't need lying to
so this is it, darling,
goodbye.