I see you in passing and I’m struck by your hands

As if for the first time I’d think of the songs that have passed through them

From around the corner you appear

And you looked up at me like you knew you’d find me here

How come I couldn’t reach you?

I’ll never understand

Why I put what meant the world to me

In your empty hands

“How’ve you been?” he asked with a big toothy grin

As if he ever cared what kind of shape I was in

But I smiled politely in his company

In a moment he’ll be off again and leave me wondering

How come I couldn’t reach you?

I’ll never understand

Why I put what meant the world to me

In your empty hands

So I’ll let you go to the rough seas

Because I would never take away from you

What you took from me

There he goes. Goodbye