A modern operatic ballad about the sleepless space after love ends. Two silhouettes stand back-to-back in a shattered heart, asking the question that keeps echoing at 3am: Why did we say goodbye?
Expect soaring vocal lines, dramatic piano and strings, cinematic swells, and a finale that lifts like a curtain call. It’s classical-crossover with a touch of theatre—tender verses, big choruses, and a melody that lingers.

Themes: heartbreak, longing, acceptance, the ache of “what if.”
For fans of: operatic pop, orchestral ballads, cinematic love songs.
Credits: Written & composed by Dean R. Chandler, John Fraser and Peadar Hopkins. 


WHY DID WE SAY GOODBYE?

[Verse 1]
Love is, like a mirror
Reflecting shattered dreams
My life ain't what it seems

[Chorus]
Why did we say goodbye
Why didn't we even try
Do you lie awake at night
Does the pain of love make you cry

[Verse 2]
I know that you have gone (you have gone)
So I guess I must live without you
You've got somebody new
But life goes on (life goes on)

[Chorus]
Why did we say goodbye
Why didn't we even try
I lie awake at night
Thinking of a love that's died

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
Why did we say goodbye (goodbye)
Why didn't we even try (even try)
Do you lie awake at night
Does the pain of love make you cry (come on now)
Why did we say goodbye
Why didn't we even try (even try)
I lie awake at night
Thinking of a love that's died
Why did we say goodbye
Why didn't you make me try
Your love flows through my veins
Until the day I die

[Outro]
I know it's over
And I know why
I know we're over
Does the pain of love
Still make you cry

Why Did We Say Goodbye?

Dean R. Chandler