I wasn't there for you I wasn't there for you I know weather's gonna be fine But I can't see you 'cross the streamline My love waits for me in daytime But I can't see you through the snow blind But I wasn't there for you You are gone (I wasn't there for you) Goodbyes are long Goodbye (I wasn't there for you) Goodbye I wasn't there for goodbye I wasn't there for goodbye Well, I've known time reveals in hindsight I can wrestle with the stormy night Because your love lasts a lifetime But I can see you through the snow blind But I wasn't there for you You are gone (but I wasn't there for you) Goodbyes are long You are gone (I wasn't there for you) Goodbyes are long (I wasn't there for you) Goodbye I wasn't there for you I wasn't there I wasn't there for you I wasn't there for you You are gone (I wasn't there for you) Goodbyes are long Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye SONG MEANING: This song is about how Serj lost someone he loved and it was because he wasn't there for her, as it says in the song. and he can see her going about her own life and he misses her.