This song is about my own life throughout 2024. It talks about the sorrow, trauma, and guilt that I received throughout 2024. "The Last Goodbye" is divided into three parts: sorrow, trauma, and guilt. This is the order I received all of this negativity. Now, after all of the explanations, here is a brief description. Sorrow: Sorrow is the sadness of an object or figure. I started the year with horrible depression. I still have it to the present day. I used a minor key throughout this section because of the sorrow; I always felt down. Trauma: Trauma is an emotional response to distressing events. I have horrible trauma because of something that happened to me a few months prior. The reason is stupid, but trauma is a weird feeling. It isn't a great type of weird. I used mainly suspended-ish chords in the cello to start off the section. The first measure/bar sounds scary because that is really what trauma was like for me. Whenever the thing that I got traumatized about happened, I was really scared. Guilt: Guilt is a self-conscious emotion people feel after attempting something wrong intentionally or accidentally. I have a lot of guilt from the thing I'm traumatized about. In the song, I used guilt as a thing that always comes back. This interlapps with the "sorrow section" back in the beginning. The motif isn't hopeful, but it tries to show that sorrow always comes back because of guilt.
Conclusion: Yes, I understand. This description might be one of the saddest descriptions here, but I'm ok. Don't be worried! This song is slow, so enjoy that. Sadly, 2024 was probably the worst for me emotionally and mentally. Musically, however, I improved so much. If you listen to my older songs, you can hear that I've greatly improved as a composer. Thank y'all so much for my 2024. Thank you. Now, enjoy my piece!