Timepieces

[Verse]

Been fifteen years since the decision

I don't think about it much, never regretted it once

But maybe that's the privilege I'm living in

Don't talk often, but still in touch

Could be a random call or texts that flood in a bunch

Subject matter is limited by necessity

Twenty years is a long time, too long for second-guessing

No asking those unanswered questions

We used to wake up, eat dinner, and go to sleep after breakfast

Watch you strip the bed

Sun rising on the skyline that hit right in thе solar plexus

Silhouetted, big windows, twеnty-second floor

God only knows what the rent is, nine-eleven

'06, '07, ball from the drunk file

And recently we had tension, but that night, the mood was pensive

Like I said, we don't reminisce

Already paid our dues and I'm a spendthrift

Sometimes it's been six months, sometimes years

But it's love there, lives shared, an odd friendship

I don't know why I waited to tell her in person

I don't know why

Sometimes I wish we were the people we were then

She was surprised

I showed her pictures, she smiled

Said the oldest got my eyes before he sounded different

We toasted

She sent a present at Christmas with a note

I put the box under the tree, the card in my coat

After everyone was 'sleep, I read it on the back porch while I smoked