What Happened

When I saw you again, after so long
I didn’t know your face anymore
I stared in silence, too shocked to resist
Your name no longer familiar on my lips

What happened to you, what happened to me
I used to know you inside and out, but now
You laugh and smile at someone else, and
We’re so different now I don’t even care

Where once you carved a space in my heart
Now I realize I haven’t thought of you in forever
Years have gone by, and I’ve changed my whole life
You aren’t the same person that I knew anymore

What happened to you, what happened to me
I used to know you inside and out, but now
You laugh and smile at someone else, and
We’re so different now I don’t even care

Circumstances blew us apart, and we’ll never
Come back together again, I know now that we
Belong in the past, forever lost and thrown away
That brief dream we used to have yesterday

What happened to you, what happened to me
I used to know you inside and out, but now
You laugh and smile at someone else, and
We’re so different now I don’t even care

I thought that maybe we could try being us again
Until I saw your face, and at that moment, I realized
You and I are not fated to live out our days together
Somehow, we’re just not the same people anymore

What happened to you, what happened to me
I used to know you inside and out, but now
You laugh and smile at someone else, and
We’re so different now I don’t even care

What happened to you, what happened to me

I used to know you inside and out, but now
You laugh and smile at someone else, and
We’re so different now I don’t even care

Regrets

Some people can touch you
Just once
The world opens up
Colors never seen before
You go out and explore
And whatever you find
Good or bad
Heartache and victory
Defeat on your knees
You look back and remember
That moment
Between you and them
And then you know
That something was there
You should never have let go

Genesis

Sinking into
This feeling with you
And I can’t make myself
Relax

So hard
To let go of the past
This trust here is too new
Fragile

Have to
Make it count this time
Try harder to see it through
Endure

Wish on

A star, a candle, a prayer
Maybe one will come true for us
Genesis

Present Company

I don’t care
Who you were
Just don’t betray
My trust
I have so little
Left that the
Thread can snap
All too easily
Now, your past is
You, so please
Keep it silent
If you want

Your present is mine

Don’t hold your
Secrets close now
Let me in
Let me know
This is my
Last chance
You know

8.13.2018

“If you want to be somebody else, then think of someone you can one day become. Pretend that you’re this person already. Every day of your life, pretend more and more. Eventually, you will come to realize that you already became that person a long time ago. To pretend is to bring that person to life, one day at a time.”

Knowing You

Do I know you? Your familiar face
Haunts me, night after night, I dream
Of you, wonder what you’re doing
Now, if you wonder about me too

Do I know you? You voice that
Used to call my name, happy and
So innocent, do you still call my
Name that way, waiting for an answer

I’ll never know what you become
Somehow, that’s so sad. Even more
Than wishing that we had never tried
I can’t help but still want to see you

Do I know you? Your laughter seems
So far away, we used to have so much fun
Now I can’t recall the exact sound
Fades more with every passing year

Do I know you? Your future plans were
So deep, they captivated me completely
Have you changed who you want to be
In the time since we were together

I’ll never know what you become
Somehow, that’s so sad. Even more
Than wishing we had never tried
I can’t help but still want to see you

Do I know you? Those few years seem like
A dream now, something that was never real
Until I fall asleep, then the past comes back to me
I wonder if you dream of me anymore

I’ll never know what you become

Somehow, that’s so sad. Even more
Than wishing we had never tried
I can’t help but still want to see you

Tonight

Make it last, this feeling inside
Deep in me, I draw you near
So close to my heart, I feel the beat
Just don’t let me go tonight

Need to feel something new
Learn you in different ways
Secrets revealed in the dark
Hold on tight, don’t let me go

Oh, sometimes we need someone
To show us kindness is real
Feel our hearts beating together
Soft and slow, don’t let me go

Make it last, this feeling inside
Deep in me, I draw you near
So close to my heart, I feel the beat
Just don’t let me go tonight

Make it last, tonight and all the nights
Wrap me in your arms and tell me
That this is all you want and all you need
Just you and me and this wonderful feeling

Together, we’ll make some new memories
We’ll learn each other’s names and call
Them out in voices so tender and brave
I hear you speak my name, so don’t let go

Make it last, this feeling inside
Deep in me, I draw you near
So close to my heart, I feel the beat
Just don’t let me go tonight

Just let it flow, what we’re feeling tonight
This safe place we’re creating together
We could live here forever if we wanted to
So don’t let go, don’t ever let me go

Tonight