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