THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY

The look in your eyes

Tells me you think I’m not the one

The tone in your voice

Tells me you think I’m just good fun

Hold on to the thought

That thought won’t go just as yet

But years, many years later

You’ll look back to when we met

And wonder if this was just

A fleeting look at the sun

Butterflies don’t happen in a trice

Silk needs time to be spun.

The one who got away

I’ll be the one who got away

The one who defied the cliché

I’ll be the one who got away

The one who got away

I’ll be the one who got away

Retrospection is just a person

Who’s lived an extra day.

The delays in your response

Tells me you’ve taken me for granted

The sting in your nonchalance

Tells me you’re disenchanted

Hold on to the limbo

The limbo won’t shake off just yet

But years, many years later

You’ll look back with a tinge of regret

And wonder if you’d written the song

With a fresh new tune in mind

Because even rhapsodies start off

As melodies unrefined.

The one who got away

I’ll be the one who got away

Defying every cliché

I’ll be the one who got away

The one who got away

I’ll be the one who got away

Retrospection is just a person

Who’s lived an extra day.