Discover the story of the song > Goodbye – Alicia Keys

The protagonist is in love with someone who hurts her. She believes that he has good intentions, but she doesn't know how to let go of him because she has loved him for a long time and has given him everything she can. She wonders if love is a hopeless crime because she is giving up on something that was once so good. She struggles to find the right words to say goodbye to him because her heart can't bear to say it. She questions if this is truly the end and acknowledges that it is difficult to let go of the only love she has ever known.