Letting Go

I held on to that last cigarette
 Like it was some kind of life line
 Rolled it back and forth between my fingers
 Let it hang from my lips like a kiss that lingers
 I guess all my favorite habits die hard
 And your love is no exception
 It hangs by a thread from a window in my heart
 I let it lay there lifeless like a pillow in my arms
 'Cause I've never been good at letting go
 Never walked away from anything that I thought I could hold
 All I've let slip through my hands, I left scratches on
 'Cause I've never been good at letting go
 When I was a kid all the birds with broken wings
 Seemed to find their way to my house
 And I could feed 'em through a straw or patch 'em up with a sling
 My dad had to be the one to set them free
 'Cause I've never been good at letting go
 Never walked away from anything that I thought I could hold
 All I've let slip through my hands, I left scratches on
 'Cause I've never been good at letting go
 That's how it was when I tuned you loose
 Your love caught freedom's wind
 Away you flew
 I've never been good at letting go
 Never walked away from anything that I thought I could hold
 All I've let slip through my hands, I left scratches on
 'Cause I've never been good at letting go
 All I've let slip through my hands, I've left scratches on
 I've never been good at letting go