Sad but beautiful

I was listening to this song and I love it. Great singer, great voice, equally great music! Yet there was something which made it so very different from so many other songs. I mean, every song on someone's playlist is one which is considered to be sung by a great singer with a great voice, and has great music. What made this so different? I guess it all boils down to the lyrics then, the words, put together in such a way that it just makes thoughts flow in a subtle manner, covered by music by a nightingale, that at times, it becomes difficult to understand why it makes you so calm. The lyrics, are of a woman who obviously have a broken heart. However, the song is not about her undying love, in those words, although in her wishes it says just that, undying love, despite possible distance and oblivion about his whereabouts in life. It is also about mature realistic love. (Although, it is doubtful, whether there can be such a thing! That kind is generally not celebrated in our culture, what is celebrated is a happily ever after or bittersweet sagas which is marked by death of the couple!) She knows that a lot of time has gone by, and that a finality is not needed in a happy ever after with that person, for her love to be meaningful. It is so sad and yet so beautiful.....

I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, "
Yeah

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."
Yeah

Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."
Yeah