a boy i used to know

catefrances

did you see the look on his face
as we walked past
like i'm suppose to give
him the time of day
everyone knows his name
though no one really knows him
everyone knows his face
though no one really knows him
doesn't seem that long ago
that i thought i knew him
blew into town
swept me along
i totally gave up my heart
followed him through town after town
the spotlight on his life
i'd stand and watch
think hey there's my man
but more than once
i couldn't find him
lost in the crowd
then i got lost
forgot myself
what the hell i was there for
and so one day
the decision i made to leave
was the hardest
but i knew i'd be lying to myself
to him if i stayed
it didn't go well
you said i'd be back
but i never was
i read in a magazine
a story i never even knew
though you said
i'd lived it
it was all so untrue
the anger rose
disappeared just as quickly
the effort not really worth the time
you had your reasons
whatever the hell they were
it just doesn't matter to me
i know how you're doing
i read about it often enough
but now i walk past you
like it doesn't mean a damn
now you're the one that's lost
and i've remembered myself
everyone knows his face
everyone knows his name
everyone thinks they know him
shame he doesn't know himself.