This is a song I wrote about a person in my life who didn't deserve the kindness I gave them. It represents the moment I realized I could no longer give them kindness or care if they could not give it back.

Written, Performed and Produced by Paige Maikowski

LYRICS
I don’t need your “sorries”
Or the remnants of your shattered pride,
Or your foolish attempts
To ask about my life.

If you want forgiveness,
then prove it to me.
A fool was a fool.
This fool has set herself free.

So don’t say hello.
Don’t say goodbye.
You’ve already wrecked me,
And left me to die.
You knew I was drowning.
I told you myself.
I screamed and I begged and I pleaded,
But you never came to help.
What do you expect me to say?
Hello or Goodbye.
You’ll leave me anyway.

I can’t help but wonder
If you knew what I’d become:
A husk of a person,
Chewed around and spit back up.

Left to aimlessly wander,
Like a child left in a maze.
Searching for a reason that
Your windows’ boarded up but
My hearts an open gate.

So don’t say hello.
Don’t say goodbye.
You’ve already wrecked me,
And left me to die.
You knew I was drowning.
I told you myself.
I screamed and I begged and I pleaded,
But you never came to help.
What do you expect me to say?
Hello or Goodbye.
You’ll leave me anyway.

At times I can’t believe I’d win.
No decent person ever does.
When stuck inside yourself,
The world begins to spin and
Everything you know turns to dust.
No matter what happens next,
Suffice it to say,
I’ll live another day
Without you.

So don’t say hello.
Don’t say goodbye.
I’ve got my whole life ahead of me
Without your half full replies.
You knew I was drowning.
I told you myself.
I screamed and I begged and I pleaded
But you only care ‘bout yourself.
What did you expect me to do?
Hello or Goodbye.
I’m better off without you.

Hello or Goodbye

Elizabeth Everlast