Monday 1 April 2024

A Summer Night

I wake up and you’re not next to me

Did I dream that you were there?

A note you left flickering in the morning air

It tells me something that I didn’t want to know

Last night you told me that I made you happy

Is this another mistake I’ve made?

Last night’s memories blur and slowly fade

I want to fight this as I don’t want to let you go

 

Chorus:

We laughed about life

We hugged through the night

We told each other secrets

We stared at the flames

We watched them dance

We lived for this moment in time

 

I missed your phone call this afternoon

In a moment, could I make a choice?

In my mind I heard your beautiful voice

My indecisiveness was just another sign

Your note signed off, ‘I’ll see you soon’

Have I gained another friend?

This wasn’t how I dreamt it would end

Sat silently, overthinking that last line

 

A cold summer night by the roaring fire

Is that a moment that we had to share?

Love can sometimes be so unfair

I thought I saw something in your eyes

In the dark moonlight, the fire slowly burns

Is this the moment that we find out?

My dreams turning quickly into doubt

If this is a game, then I’ve lost my prize

Sunday 7 January 2024

A Stranger’s Look

 

We’ve forgot to laugh

A resistant smile

We don’t go out

It’s been a while

Communication

No longer around

My mind is beaten

Take it off the ground

 

Chorus:

(But) I don’t know you anymore

Our lives are different from before

Do we continue in this lie?

We breakdown and start to cry

You don’t look at me the same way

More and more distance every day

Things will no longer be the same

Another disappointing game

 

Same old nothing day

Raining down outside

Minimum contact

Life is on the slide

No more cosy nights

Trying to pretend

We are living lies

We were once good friends

 

A stranger’s calm look

Silence in the eyes

Imagining life

We dream of blue skies

Another journey

How it could have been

Life is for living

The hurt that I’ve seen