It's weird seeing somebody Somebody you no longer know That you recognize vaguely From the silhouettes in your dreams It's like seeing an alien From another planet, a world That has gone extinct I mourn these fossils I've collected Over the years, one friend here Another there, a soulmate lost From seeing each other everyday To having coffee once a month To catching up once a year Until I become a sad afterthought A rare cameo in your dreams A blot on your subconscious But nothing more It's weird seeing somebody Somebody that mattered The twisted vines of our lives Grew separately, each reaching Towards a different sun Now I no longer matter to you And so you don't matter to me You might as well be dark matter I mourn all friends I've lost All love I've let slip through My fingers like sand Another year has begun I have to bury the fossils Dig them up every few years Just to remember my past And then cover them in sand once m