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Time to Say Goodbye
Sarah Brightman Lyrics


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When I am alone I sit and dream
And when I dream the words are missing
Yes I know that in a room so full of light
That all the light is missing
But I don't see you with me, with me

Close up the windows, bring the sun to my room
Through the door you've opened
Close inside of me the light you see
That you met in the darkness

Time to say goodbye
Horizons are never far
Would I have to find them alone
Without true light of my own?
With you I will go
On ships over seas
That I now know
No, they don't exist anymore
It's time to say goodbye

When you were so far away
I sit alone and dream of the horizon
Then I'd know that you are here with me
Building bridges over land and sea
Shine a blinding light for you and me
To see, for us to be

Time to say goodbye
Horizons are never far
Would I have to find them alone
Without true light of my own?
With you I will go
on ships over seas
That I now know
No, they don't exist anymore
Without true light of my own

With you I will go
Horizons are never far
Would I have to find them alone
Without true light of my own?
With you I will go on ships over seas
That I now know
No, they don't exist anymore
I love you

Overall Meaning

"Time to Say Goodbye" is a beautiful and heartfelt ballad performed by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli. The lyrics tell the story of someone who is feeling loneliness, and is dreaming of a loved one who isn't with them. The singer is describing how they sit and dream when they are alone, and when they dream, the words are missing. They acknowledge that even though they are in a room full of light, they can't see the person they long for. The singer then makes a request to close the windows and bring the sun into their room, hoping to feel the warmth that the person they love brings to their life.


As the song progresses, the singer expresses their desire to travel with their loved one on ships over seas. They want to explore the world together and build bridges over land and sea. They highlight how the horizon is never far with the person they love, and how they need to find true light of their own. The singer sings of their love for this person, and how they don't want to be alone anymore. They express that they will go with the person they love, even if the journeys they imagined don't exist anymore. The song ends with the singer proclaiming their love for the person they've been dreaming about, holding on to the hope that they will be together again.


Line by Line Meaning

When I am alone I sit and dream
I often daydream when I'm alone.


And when I dream the words are missing
My dreams lack language and are abstract.


Yes I know that in a room so full of light That all the light is missing But I don't see you with me, with me
Even though I'm in a brightly lit room, I still feel like something is missing, and that something is you.


Close up the windows, bring the sun to my room Through the door you've opened Close inside of me the light you see That you met in the darkness
I want to close myself off from the outside world and let the light you brought into my life fill me up.


Time to say goodbye Horizons are never far Would I have to find them alone Without true light of my own? With you I will go On ships over seas That I now know No, they don't exist anymore It's time to say goodbye
It's time for us to part ways, but I'm scared of what I'll find without you. I'll follow you across the ocean into the unknown because without you, the things I previously held dear no longer exist for me.


When you were so far away I sit alone and dream of the horizon Then I'd know that you are here with me Building bridges over land and sea Shine a blinding light for you and me To see, for us to be
When you were far from me, I would dream of being together by building bridges between us, and shining a light so bright that we could both see it and be together.


Without true light of my own With you I will go Horizons are never far Would I have to find them alone With you I will go on ships over seas That I now know No, they don't exist anymore I love you
I've realized that my true light is you, and that I don't want to go find horizons alone anymore. I want to go with you on ships over the seas, even if the things I once believed in are no longer there. I love you.




Lyrics © Sugarmusic s.p.a., CONSALAD CO., Ltd., BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Francesco Sartori, Frank Peterson, Lucio Quarantotto

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@deborahbrimelow6714

I was at work when I discovered this song. My husband was in the hospital with leukemia and he was losing the battle. I cried like a baby. 22 years later I still cry. I still talk to my husband a lot because I believe he can hear. Our bodies die but our spirit lives on.

@zjz3545

Good luck bro😢

@crislara4714

😢😢😢😢

@samanthaanderson4957

Your husband hears every word you say God bless you he is very much around you I know you he there with you

@johnferguson4089

🤗

@MrLostSir

Please stop trauma dumping on folk who don't care.

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@popaclf2342

when the world ends,this song should be played at the end ..

@adela7912

👍🍀

@UltimateLegandGaming

So in 2 months you mean haha

@jameswaters8516

@@UltimateLegandGaming how then

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