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My Last Goodbye

Sarah Hession

Lyrics
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By the time you read these words
I'll have already gone
And I know there'll be some days ahead
You wish I were still home
But my days are done, by cards are played
And if I leave one thing, it's gratitude for all the years
And everything they gave

I've lived, I've loved, I've laughed enough
To fill a thousand years
I've held the hands that matterеd most
Through all the passing tears
Therе's nothing more I'd ask of life
No more I'd need to know
My heart is full, my story told
So smile and let me go

Remember me and the little things
The moments that appear
A storm we love to photograph
A voice you're almost hear
And if my name should bring a tear
Don't feel you have to hide
For breathe this only love that;s left
Still standing by your side

I've lived, I've loved, I've laughed enough
To fill a thousand years
I've held the hands that mattered most
Through all the passing tears
There's nothing more I'd ask of life
No more I'd need to know
My heart is full, my story told
So smile and let me go

May these words of softly linger
When all your tears run dry
My smile you will remember
Love past, my last, my last goodbye

I've lived, I've loved, I've laughed enough
To fill a thousand years
I've held the hands that mattered most
Through all the passing tears
There's nothing more I'd ask of life
No more I'd need to know
My heart is full, my story told
So smile and let me go
Smile and let me go

💡 Song Meaning & Background

"My Last Goodbye" by Sarah Hession is a contemporary Christian worship song that explores the profound emotional weight of surrendering personal earthly attachments and grief to God. Rooted in the biblical themes of self-denial and eternal perspective found in passages like Matthew 16:25—which speaks of losing one's life for Christ's sake to truly find it—the song serves as a meditation on dying to oneself. Ultimately, it expresses a faithful resolution to release worldly control, trusting entirely in the hope of resurrection and eternal union with the divine.