We Never Knew Each Other

We Never Knew Each Other

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Did you ever even know me

Did you even care

Do you hear me

When you look at me

With eyes so fair

You didn't say you had a husband

Didn't say you were wanted by the law

Didn't say you killed your children

Then you killed your dog

Oh, gonna pull down the nighttime sky

Looking around. See what's there

Oh, I'm walking downtown

Walking streets lost somewhere

Walking

I see people

Where I, once saw you

Well, I look them in the eye

Never knew them

Never knew you

Went into work. 

Couldn't remember my job

The boss, he took the keys

Said, boy, you didn't last long

Then my girlfriend left me

For another girl

I got so confused

My head went into whirl

I've been around for a little while

A bunch of decades or so

All the things I've seen in the world

Don't add up to all that much now

Maybe we don't need to go anywhere

Maybe we need to put down our cell phones

Maybe we need to talk to each other face-to-face

Maybe I need to look into your eyes. 

What are you doing with me

If you have a husband

I'm not going to fall for that

I've been down that path before

My head got hit with a baseball bat

So, now I go forward on my own.

I soar into the sky

I fly into my arms

And Say Goodbye

When I met you woman

Thought you were perfect

Then you killed my houseplants

Poisoned my fish took my dog 

You ran away

I found myself caught up. 

For nearly four years. 

You ripped my heart right out

Then you went away with her

All the bloody baggage of the past

Rotten and decaying. 

I'm gonna let go of it now. 

Going to walk forward all the way

Until that woman vanishes

We never knew each other

We are gonna vanish too

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David Arndt August 29, 2022

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Artwork Gustav Davidsson