Since I Saw You Last
Embracing Change: Since I Saw You Last
Lyrics
Since I saw you last
Reflecting on the time since the last encounter
The whole world has changed
Noticing significant changes in the world
We're all running around just trying to make sense of it
Everyone is busy, trying to comprehend the changes
Time moves on so fast
Time passes quickly, but emotional pain lingers
But the pain tends to stay
Emphasizing the persistence of emotional hurt
We're all gasping for air, now we'll all get the bends from it
Struggling collectively, akin to suffering from decompression sickness
We're never going back to quite how we used to be
Acceptance that returning to the past is impossible
We'll never cover those tracks
Irreversibility of past actions and experiences
We're never gonna feel quite how we used to feel
Inability to fully regain past emotions
But I hope that you keep running
Encouragement to persevere despite changes
Since I saw you last
Noticing personal changes since the last meeting
I don't wear the same face
Physical changes in appearance due to experiences
There's a couple more lines and nicks and gashes than there were before
More scars and signs of hardship compared to before
Do I sound the same
Questioning if the voice remains the same
Has my old voice remained
Concern about authenticity in expressing emotions
Or does it betray the way I'm feeling like a pale imitation of back in the day
Feeling like a weaker version of the past self
We're never going back to quite how we used to be
Acceptance of the impossibility of reverting to the past
We'll never cover those tracks
Unchangeable nature of past actions or decisions
We're never gonna feel quite how we used to feel
Inability to fully reexperience past emotions
But I hope that you keep running
Encouraging the other person to continue progressing
Guess I'll see you
Expectation of meeting again
When we all come to
Meeting in a situation of collective wreckage
And pick through the wreckage with shallow heartbeats
Examining the aftermath with shallow emotions
Did you ever
Asking a rhetorical question about predicting circumstances
Think we'd live through
Surviving through unprecedented shifts in life
The very axis of the earth shifting beneath our feet
Enduring drastic changes in life's foundations
We're never going back to quite how we used to be
Reiterating the impossibility of returning to the past
We'll never cover those tracks, laid out for all to see
Past actions or decisions are visible to all
We're never gonna feel quite how we used to feel
Unable to completely revive past emotions
But I hope that you keep running
Encouraging perseverance despite changes
We're never gonna be quite who we used to be
Acknowledging personal transformation
I hope you still have dreams, those were important to me
Hoping the other person still has dreams as they once valued
I'm never gonna be quite who you want to see
Accepting personal changes might not align with others' expectations
But you know my wounds still bleed, so I hope you can forgive me
Expressing ongoing emotional pain and seeking forgiveness
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