Dear Stranger

I never knew the right words to say
but i have tried, and failed

still your saddened glances linger
though my ship has long sailed
and i vowed to never come back
(this time i meant it)

it was spring, maybe autumn...
these days its hard to notice
i don't think i want to, maybe i never did.
but i saw you, you're smile, your touch...
your girl.
i walked right by, you could've seen me
but i don't think you did.

its ok.

i wrote a letter today, or i think i did
but when i looked at the paper it was empty
and i realized that i was lonely...
even if i was with
my guy.

its nothing to smile about
but sometimes you make me cry.
i guess that's what you get.

well anyway I've thoroughly come to believe
that i will stay so all alone,
they asked me if i was ever in love
and i thought of you...
and said, only once,
in that silly hurt tone.

and i just kind of walked home
pretty oblivious to everything,
replaced my dented seat on this computer,
and wrote such meaningless words.
they affect me for no apparent reason
but i dont mind.

i remembered you then.
as im remembering you now.
and i mourned the death of the man you killed.
more than ever before.

and the heart of the woman you destroyed.
but i guess that's what you get.

i never knew the right words to say.
but you never tried, and we failed.

still your angry glances linger
though my ship has long sailed
and i vowed to never come back
(this time i meant it).