i have become familiar with your song
the opening melody
the bridge
the chorus
the ending with a grand sentence that'll make one contemplate

i know your song
the one that brings tears
the one that makes you chuckle
it brings you back to the message
the one you try to conceal

i knew your song
when you tuned your guitar and sang from your heart
when you placed your fingers on the keys of the piano
the tune you constructed was, dare i say, something else

i loved your song
it was literal music to my ears
it made my heart ache
the meaning was much more than what the people knew
what the people know

the people loved your song
but not when it was sentimental
they loved it when you turned on your computer and messed around with those dots
i sat and watched from a distance
there was nothing i could do
i wanted to tell you it wasn't you
everything is changing was what you responded with
i agreed but protested and faced an internal war
it affected me more than you

your song still bought me close
almost like you were the mythical siren
captivating me with what i call something else

you were my song
my melody
my perfect tune
you were my high
you were my low
you were the words that stuck to my head
you seemed to be my song

time passed and i still had your words stuck to me
even when you weren't there
it only bought me back to when
i watched you from a distance
and protested with myself to save you
i didn't try hard enough

the people still love your song
even when they don't seem to love you anymore
even when i don't seem to love you anymore

once in a while i'll tap my fingernails to the tune you played with the strings of my heart
once in a while i'll find myself humming the smothered words
i'd cry
and chuckle
and be bought back to the message
the one we tried to conceal