@spicycatie
It has been 4 months since I was betrayed by the person I thought I was going to spend my life with. This song just perfectly describes how difficult it was for me. We both promised we won’t outgrow each other but now we’re both strangers in each other’s lives. And right now I’m still having such a difficult time letting him go and giving up the ghost of who he was with me despite getting cheated on. I think deep down I will always love him but Niki is right and I have to believe that someday I’d be fine, it’s not my fault and all I can do is wish him well and start healing without him. I just hope it come sooner because everyday i feel more dead than i was the day before.
@bulletrangercaliber922
"But I'm letting go, I'm giving up the ghost" This lyric had an impact to me. It feels like it is for me. I'm giving up my ghost: my past self that keeps haunting and torment me. I forgive myself, I'll heal myself. For those who read this who have the same ghost as mine, in time, I hope you'll able heal.
@sydneyf.8193
the emotion of this song, niki never fails to paint a beautiful and melancholic story
@Reylandson
I can't conceive the idea of having a brain that knows how to write like this. This is one of the greatest examples of lyricism I've ever seen.
@lilali9797
ok but the visual where the plane actually reaches the right side of the screen and disappears before the song ends is SO POETIC because how many times have we wanted to say what we wanted to and had to say to a person who leaves sooner than anticipated? IT'S SO HEARTWRENCHING AAAAAA
@joshuadimayuga4400
I took this song a different way than intended. My grandpa just passed away and the way I feel the lyrics is through the perspective of my grandma and her love and story with him before he passed leading to the very moment he passed. Nothing but eternal love in their eyes, soul, and touch until the very end. This song made my heart cry a little thinking about it and thinking about how much we miss him. Beautiful song released at the perfect time. Thank you NIKI 🤍🕊
@aireenfarah89
this song is perfectly worded for my situation… waking up every day asking myself “how is it now that somehow you’re a stranger you were mine just yesterday” and it breaks me a little more. it might take a while to heal, i know it… but i gotta do it. i cant be the only one living in the loop while he is already out moving and looking for next phases in life. it would be hard and i am not okay most of the days. how can I be? i lost the piece of puzzle that fits the vacant space in my heart… i lost the sunshine that brightens up my day and night, the one that illuminates the path when it was dark for me. maybe i was stupid.. i took this relationship seriously and thought this relationship was a beautiful feeling to ever happened.. but it takes two to tango… it takes two to make a relationship work. maybe i wasn’t worthy enough to be fought harder, not as much as your words when it do the convincing. i don’t know when will this feeling diminish but everyday, i just got to try.. even the sound of my heart screaming echoes throughout the horizon telling the world i don’t want to let you… but i got to do it… i have to do it…
@wiltedhawthorn
my girl giving us EVERYTHING in this album i bet. if she doesn't get the recognition she deserves, i'll riot.
@ieantayoeh
When she said, “my great lost love” – you know that line will dig deep in your veins, it’s sad
@SuguruAjeng
Shout out to niki karena udah rilis lagu ini 2 tahun lalu, kalau ini lagu belom rilis (officially) gw gak tau lagi deh gimana bakal menghadapi diri gw sendiri setelah confess karena naksir orang 7 tahun lamanya(ikr gak relate² banget sama lagunya but this song help me a lot) makasih niki semoga bisa nonton konsernya huhu🥺
@an.kwnvlogs
it's been 2 weeks since we broke up, we dated for almost 4 years. I gave him my everything and was always patient with him when he was struggling physically or mentally. He has so much trauma from his childhood that it was hard for him to open up to me despite me always trying to support him through it. After a certain point I got tired of being "the teacher," I shouldn't have to teach you how I want to be loved repeatedly for years. I decided to end things with him, but deep down I'm still so desperately in love with him, I want to be there for him and watch him grow. I know he feels the same way but he never showed that his actions would change, I feel like its a lost cause. I know I should move on but I'm so stuck on this idea that we can work it out this time, we can have our happy ending like we were supposed to... I want to believe we were meant to be together and we'll find each other again, I can't imagine myself with anyone else but him....
@Feruchadam
Damn the boy that she wrote this song must be thinking all sorts of regrets now. I know she’s happy now but damn, a girl wrote what used to be her whole world for her, and must felt like tons of bricks now to let go such a rare diamond like Nicole💝
@reimundangelosagansay6552
She's a real lyricist, artist, name it. A masterpiece.
@cleotells
I don't have a lovelife, nor am I broken hearted, but I just have this urge to cry my eyes out and embrace this nonexistent pain while listening to this song. Niki, why T_T
@falasifahpuspitaningrum3550
Lyrics Saturday sunset We're lying on my bed with five hours to go Fingers entwined and so were our minds Crying, I don't want you to go You wiped away tears But not fears under the still and clear indigo You said "Baby, don't cry, we'll be fine" "You're the one thing I swear I can't outgrow" My mother said the younger me was a pretending prodigy Well, nothing then much has changed 'Cause while you're wolfing down liquor My soul, it gets sicker But I'm sticking to the screenplay Gotta say I'm okay But answer this, babe How is it now that somehow you're a stranger? You were mine just yesterday I prayed the block in my airway dissipates And instead deters your airplane's way But heaven denied Destiny decried Something beautiful died Too soon But I'm letting go I'm giving up the ghost But don't get me wrong I'll always love you that's why I wrote you this very last song I guess this is where we say goodbye I know I'll be alright Someday I'll be fine But just not tonight (Oh) Plunging into all kinds of diversions Like blush wine and sonorous soirées But even with gin and surgin' adrenaline I see you're all that can intoxicate Oceans and engines You're skilled at infringin' on great love affairs 'Cause now my heart's home All I've known is long gone and ten thousand miles away And I'm not okay But I'm letting go I'm givin' up the ghost But don't get me wrong I'll always love you that's why I wrote you this very last song I guess this is where we say goodbye I know I'll be alright But just not Tonight was the first time I stared into seas of beguiling sepia two years ago And the first time I learned real world superpowers lived in three words and could revitalize my fraying bones (Hm) Now what do you do when your pillar crumbled down You've lost all solid ground Both dreams and demons drowned And this void's all you've found And doubts light it aglow I have so many questions But I'm pouring them into the ocean And I'm starting up my engine And I'm letting go I'm givin' up your ghost It's come to a close I marked the end with this last song I wrote I'm letting go This is the last falsetto I'll ever sing to you My great lost love.
@jezrayahgc
this brings so much memories of relationships we've outgrown - people we thought we could spend the rest of our lives with; though we also know would eventually end
@hikariii27
Emphasizing that one word “Goodbye” in the most beautiful and painful way. What an amazing talent.
@slashhack1463
Aside from the humming melody, as a 'lyrics person', how she transfers one line to another, rhymes, and chose the phrasings, I can't help but be stunned and be dosed of amazement each swing and turn of the song. Such brilliance and genius of Niki as a songwriter!!
@jayem-nw5cn
"I know I’ll be alright. But just not tonight" struck my heart so much.
@88rising