Friends, Acquaintances, and Lovers

And when I clear my mind and join the table once again
I nod as if I get the joke and then I wryly grin
The conversation moves along and I just move away
Really, I just don't have anything I want to say

I look at all these faces of the people that I know
Suddenly aware that I could easily let them go
They’re just like all the others that move on from year to year
My friends, acquaintances, and lovers always disappear
My friends, acquaintances, and lovers always disappear


Walking home that night their voices echo in my head
Even though I don't remember anything they’ve said
Their faces shift in shadows long beyond the street lamps glow
And in my mind become the same as ones I used to know

Inside my door, I turn the key, a satisfying "click"
There in my room up on the walls my memories hang thick
Those faces so familiar are all strangers to me now
My friends, acquaintances, and lovers fade away somehow
My friends, acquaintances, and lovers fade away somehow


Sometimes I think my dreams often reveal a truer me
Untarnished by what I believe reality should be
And in that chaos world of mind freed from all time and space
I play every character and I wear every face

So how is it much different then, when I am wide awake?
The constant flow of faces and the impact that they make
In my life they come and go and yet are all still here
My friends, acquaintances, and lovers never disappear
My friends, acquaintances, and lovers never disappear