 A mid-paced pop ballad, "The Last Goodbye" is built upon a flute motif and an acoustic guitar loop.Lyrically, the break-up song finds the trio thinking deeply over a relationship with their love interests from whom they parted.The song was released as the third single from the album in fall 2002 and became a top 20 hit in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Turkey, and the Wallonian region of Belgium.