Save Your Tears
Jean-Paul VERNERET
6/5/2026

Verse 1
Let’s not pretend the colors haven’t slowly died
We slipped out of each other without a fight
Now we’re strangers carrying the same old past
Letting go of each other at last.

Bridge
Don’t give me that shattered-window scene tonight
We don’t pick up broken pieces for delight.
Save your tears

Chorus
No need to wreck the furniture or memories
We both know it’s time to leave with dignity
Not from fear, not from a lack of heart
We just reached the final page before the start.

I’ll leave you the friends and half the books we knew
And that stupid habit of waking up for two
Don’t say that we failed, that would be too naïve
The story just turned absurd beyond belief.

Bridge
Don’t give me that shattered-window scene tonight
We don’t pick up broken pieces for delight.
Save your tears

Chorus
No need to wreck the furniture or memories
We both know it’s time to leave with dignity
Not from fear, not from a lack of heart
We just reached the final page before the start.

Save your tears, keep them for colder days ahead
For someone who still believes the dreams you said
We could’ve dragged it out, pretended one more year
Trading faded flowers and awkward smiles sincere.

Bridge
Don’t give me that shattered-window scene tonight
We don’t pick up broken pieces for delight.
Save your tears

Chorus
No need to wreck the furniture or memories
We both know it’s time to leave with dignity
Not from fear, not from a lack of heart
We just reached the final page before the start.