Je Me Souviens - Silverstein

Dear Mother can you hear my footsteps?

I’m so close, I’m right there

I’m almost home, so unprepared

To notice yet ignore how hard it is to be around you

I’ve came clean, I’m washed out

I’ve flooded the engine, stranded myself

This home, native land, they speak in words I can’t understand

So when I’m standing on this street like I have a hundred times

You don’t even glance at me you just pass me by

I remember your face, from the moment I first saw you

I never looked away

I’ll never forget how you looked that Saturday when you told me

We could never be together, and I could never change

Mother, Mother is it you who’s calling?

Lights out, lay down

We’ll sleep when we’re dead, that time is now

But soft speak will drown out how I can’t do what’s right around you

Cold breeze, no coat, excuses used to take words from my throat.

False hope confirmed

Deceits a language I can’t hope to learn

So when we’re standing on this street like we have a hundred times

We will celebrate the years you stalled and couldn’t decide

I remember your face, from the moment I first saw you

I never looked away

I’ll never forget how you looked that Saturday when you told me

We could never be together, and I could never change

I used to believe that every person had a purpose

In this swirling ball of indecision that consumes us all

I used to believe that every person had a person

They could always count on and not be scared of, one for everyone

So when I’m standing on this street like I have a hundred times

Can I walk away and finally leave, finally leave all of this behind?

I remember your face, from the moment I first saw you

I never looked away

I’ll never forget how you looked that Saturday when you told me

We could never be together, and I could never change

I remember your face, from the moment I first saw you

I never looked away

I’ll never forget how you looked that Saturday when you told me

We could never be together, and I could never change