The Hardest Part of Letting Go... Sealed with a Kiss
Endgame
2009
Duration: 4:38
Track number: 8
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**
