They Don't Say Forever

they don't say forever
when they get where they go
it's already through
hangin' on to yesterday's hair
as it goes down the drain

they don't stay forever
passing like the damp
of the morning dew
feelin' all of gravity's pain
as the cracks begin to show

you knew them
yes you knew them
or you were one of them
they know you
when they see you
what's to become of them
you hear them
yes you hear them
it's a melancholy pain
they listen for an answer
as they pass you in the rain

it's never lost completely
peeling like the paint
on a tattooed wall
shining like a faded dream
of a feeling that lives on

you knew them
yes you knew them
or you were one of them
they know you
when they see you
what's to become of them
you hear them
yes you hear them
it's a melancholy pain
they listen for an answer
as they pass you in the rain

(2012 db michel)