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And I Say to Myself
Is it the middle of the week?
Time to stand, time to mellow
Listen and walk, shuffle and talk
Pretend to look for another job
Imagine yourself on top of the stage
Enjoying yourself and coming of age
Poison the water and word your decline
Crying for notice and asking for time
And I say to myself, nobody cares
Whether I'm walking or surfing on air
The joy that I feel or the hurt that I bear
I'll say to myself, nobody cares
So on this day I'll move on away
Emerging not happy but feeling okay
Feeding on tragedy that never occurs
Waiting on sympathy that I don't deserve
I'll dodge any chances of sweet or kind hearts
I'll think of the end before I allow it to start
And I'll be a bit lonely, but life will make sense
All will be well worth it when I come to the end
And I say to myself that I understand
The heart busted people that clutter the land
They'll never recover but claim they withstand
While I say to myself that I understand
But I'll wait for your face and say something kind
Just to remind you that I'm here and I'm fine
And you probably weren't wondering but you say all the same
That you've forgotten my looks but remember my name
We used to be something that none could quite know
Always in orbit but never in flow
People mentioned destiny, what you and I shared
But perhaps it's gone bad because it just isn't there
And I say to myself that we used to know love
For years upon years it's what we dreamed of
We talk of it lightly, like it's so far above
So I'll say to myself that we used to know love
And I say to myself I don't know what's true
I thought I once knew but it's all gone with you
Our affection once grew but it's so far askew
While I say to myself that it's nothing new.
