it's called the past
and I'm pulling out all these terrible
things, at last
and it's long overdue to be sorted through
but I could never have looked at all this before
you
you have put it all behind meAnd I'm melting to think, that you'll never need to see
put it all behind me
put it all behind me
now
see me as I was, from before, that me
I was changing already even before I met you
but I'm gasping from the altitude you've taken me to
and you've put it all behind meand there's nothing much left but the look in my eyes
put it all behind me
put it all behind me
now
that you sometimes see, making you ask
what's wrong?
and I laugh with relief, knowing it's all gone
all but the look in my eyes
you have put it all behind me
put it all behind me
put it all behind me
now
4 comments:
That's lovely. But is it really best to put it all behind you? I don't know. Sometimes I think the things you put behind may follow you.
And there's something sad in someone not seeing the you you were, from before. I always wish people could know each of the mes I have been, so they really understood and had a full picture that probably would include core elements that never change. Alternatively, they would know how much and in what ways I was capable of changing.
Some people do know most of the mes I have been, or at least a large percentage of them. I suppose all it takes is time.
Thank you for the lovely! (and even in general, thank you for the lovely).
It is a sad song, I think. It's in the look in the eyes.
I think a person who thinks "I've put my previous me's behind me," is kidding some form of himself, or hers.
Really good Joe. I felt it.
As I read it I felt sorry for the person. To be that reliant on another person, to only be able to "move on" because of someone else ... that is sad.
At the risk of getting all melodramatic ... it reminded me of the most important thing someone has ever said to me. I would have been 24 and at the lowest point ever, completely heart-shattering devasted and I remember sobbing hyterically to my uncle that I was going to be alone now, and he said "we're all alone, when it gets down to it". Important lesson... enjoy life, enjoy all kinds of relationships, they are what give life meaning, but don't rely on other people for your own happiness.
Anyway, as Blue said, lovely work Joe.
Mel...
Thank you Mel! And your uncle's words are certainly true.
I try to rely on others for their happiness.
Uh oh. There's the thought of the day.
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