The Hardest Part of Letting Go... Sealed with a Kiss
Endgame
2009
Duration: 4:38
Track number: 8
Times played live: 0
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A dark, intense narrative of a twisted love and revenge fantasy, where the act of 'letting go' involves a permanent, sinister farewell. The lyrics describe kidnapping and possibly burying a loved one alive ('immured in the wall'), transforming the simple act of a kiss into the final seal of vengeance. The theme draws on gothic or Poe-esque horror.
Lyrics
Such a pretty face, radiant
I saw you, across the room
I knew I had to have you
Thus started the chase
I knew I would do anything
To take your hand and make you mine
But I learned long ago
If you love someone you have to let it go
Let it go
Let it go
The hardest part of letting go
Is saying
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Fettered away in a makeshift cell
Beneath the venomous moonlight
I unleash my plan to watch you fail
The one I held so high
Go to sleep my love
Taste my sweet revenge on your lips
It's sealed with a kiss!
I return to the masquerade ball
And leave the long figure weeping
Stone by stone, immured in the wall
Forever left in safekeeping
Go to sleep my love
Taste my sweet revenge on your lips
It's sealed with a kiss!
But I learned long ago
If you love someone you have to let it go
Let it go
Let it go
The hardest part of letting go
Is saying
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Let it go
Musicians
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