Last Goodbye
Benjah Lyrics

Uh, tears hit her cheeks, like Tyson's glove
She cries uncontrollably as if she has been hit hard like in a boxing match.

Pain hit his heart, as she fights for love
Her lover feels emotional pain as she struggles to cope with the situation.

She says don't go, but the call came,
She desperately begs her lover not to leave, but he has to due to circumstances beyond his control.

It's time to deploy, and they called his name
Her lover has to go for his military deployment and his name was called.

Close to zero five-hundred, her mind starts wanderin'
It's early in the morning, and she starts to think about what will happen next.

Butterflies, tummy starts rumblin'
She feels nervous and anxious, which causes her stomach to tighten.

Queasy, uneasy, tryin' to hold it all together
She feels sick and uncomfortable, but she tries to appear strong and composed.

She doesn't want their last moments here to be
She wishes for a pleasant farewell with her lover.

Unpleasant
She hopes that they don't argue or experience anything unpleasant before he leaves.

The car ride is quiet, outside it's hard to fight it
The car ride is silent because they are both lost in their own thoughts, while she struggles to maintain composure.

Inside it's like she's dyin', that's when she started cryin'
Inside, she is struggling with her emotions, and that's when she starts to cry.

He tries to comfort her, "Baby, it's alright, liar"
He attempts to console her, even though he knows he is lying when he says everything will be alright.

That's what she screams louder from the thoughts of fight
She screams louder because she is worried that they might fight before he departs.

They pray, it's okay, "I'll promise that I'll be safe" uh
They pray that everything will be okay and he promises to come back safely.

That's what he tells her as he looks her in the face
He looks her in the eye and reassures her that he will be okay.

And as he walks away, lookin' in her eye
As he departs, he looks back at her in her eyes, which is emotional for both of them.

Last kiss as they say
They share one last kiss before he has to leave.

[Chorus]
The chorus expresses her desire for this not to be their last goodbye.

Uh, graduation, her nine weeks are done
She recently graduated, and nine weeks of basic training are over.

Hoorah, hooplah, now it's time to move on
It's time to move forward to the next stage of her military career.

Leavin' out of basic, she just got her assignment
After completing her basic training, she received her deployment assignment.

She's headed off to war and it's hard for her to face it
She is struggling to cope with the idea of going to war.

Or face her, the daughter that she's leavin'
She has to deal with leaving her daughter behind while she goes to war.

It's hard to come to terms with the truth, no one
The reality of the situation is difficult to accept and understand, and no one else can truly relate.

Believes it and even when it's starrin' in ya face, you don't
Even if the truth is obviously evident, it's still hard to believe and accept it fully.

Receive it
It's hard to acknowledge and come to terms with the reality of the situation.

She hears mommy and it's just like her heart
Hearing her daughter say ‘mommy’ was emotional for her, and it felt as if her heart stopped beating.

Stopped beatin' (beatin', beatin') inhales heavy breathin'
She was taken aback and nearly breathless after hearing her daughter say ‘mommy’.

Worried when she leaves she may not be back to
She is worried that she may not return home to her daughter and her family.

See them, her baby girl, and the family that she loves
She is concerned because she deeply loves her daughter and family, and going to war means possible separation from them.

Tryin' to hold back the tears right now is tough
She's struggling to restrain herself from crying in front of her family.

She fights to stay strong, gotta hold on
She's trying to remain strong and hold on to her composure under these emotional circumstances.

She says a prayer, just tryin' to find a calm
She prays for strength and composure during this trying time.

Thoughts of eternity, then back to reality
Her thoughts vacillate between greater, eternal concerns and practical, immediate issues that need to be addressed.

And then she tells her family
Finally, she gathers the strength to say farewell to her family.

[Chorus]
The chorus reprises her desire for this not to be their last goodbye.

I don't want to be alone, I don't want
She doesn't want to be alone and is scared of losing her loved one.

I don't wanna
She doesn't want this tragic situation to occur.

Be alone
Being alone in this situation is unbearable for her.

[Repeat: x8]
She repeats the feeling that she doesn't want to be alone expressing her deepest sentiment.

No
Her fear of being alone.

I can't live without you
She doesn't want to imagine a life without her loved one and the possibility of losing them is too heavy to bear.