Dear friend

An intimate confession shaped by distance, memory, and the quiet passage of time as one moves away, traced by the lines of a farewell letter.

Year

2015 / 2025

Duration

2’40

Digital realization

PROGRAm note

This vocal and piano song traces the lines of a farewell letter begun in 2015 as I moved away, and finally completed in March 2025—an intimate confession shaped by distance, memory, and the quiet passage of time.

Score Information

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Difficulty

Intermediate

Available transpositions

Mezzo-Soprano (Gmaj)

Language

English

Performance considerations

None.

Lyrics

Dear friend I’m leaving today

I couldn’t come to you smiling

Knowing we won’t meet again.

Dear friend I miss you today

Miss all the joy we were sharing

Every memory breathing inside me

When I’m playing, cherishing you right here in my heart

Dear friend I’m leaving today,

Let us just shake our hands

hoping all the pain will fade away

Dear friend, I hope that someday

As we grow old we’ll be laughing on these memories

May I not think of you out there

May it be a sweet dream

Never waking on a sullen day, miles away

Far from here wondering when will I come back to you…

Dear friend I’m not saying farewell

Next to you wants my heart to stay

Dear friend I’m looking for a way

to live my dreams and fly away

Dear friend oh promise me someday

You’ll come to visit me out there

Close to the wind, and near the sea

There you’ll find me