Lyrics

## English Blues: "Four Signs of Goodbye"
Text/music Lothar Honnens 2025

Verse 1:
I see it in his distant eyes
As he packs his things away
My father's leaving, can't deny
This dark and lonely day

Verse 1 Solo:
Slowly and sorrowfully, with deep blue tones
The guitar weeps with bent strings
The bass follows heavily and melancholic
Like echoes of lost days

Chorus:
Four signs I should have known
Four signs that tell me why
Four signs of being alone
Now I must say goodbye

Verse 2:
His voice has lost its warmth and care
Cold as winter night
The loving words we used to share
Have faded from the light

Verse 3:
His footsteps echo through the hall
His shadow on my wall
I know that this will be the fall
When everything must fall

Bridge:
Oh, why did it have to end this way
Why couldn't we just find a way to stay
Now I'm standing here alone tonight
Watching as he fades into the night

Bridge Solo:
Rising intensity, higher towards the pain
A cascade of feelings in every note
The guitar screams towards heaven
Before falling back into darkness

Verse 4:
Four signs I should have seen
Four signs I should have known
Now it's too late to intervene
And I must walk alone

Outro:
Four signs... four signs...
Now he's gone forever more
Four signs... four signs...
As he walks out through that door

Outro Solo:
Subdued and resigned, falling notes
Like tears slowly fading away
A final greeting to what once was
Before the music completely dissolves