new strangers

(Album: the debut farewell album - 2021)

When summer was over, I said goodbye to my friends
But I didn't cry, 'cause I thought I'd be back again
We'd sit on that green couch, talking over a movie
Complaining about choir practice with Dooley
And driving 'round town didn't mean nothing to me
With nothing to do, we thought nothing would change

But I don't go home and I don't answer my phone
I miss parties and birthdays, and inside jokes
It's hard to meet in the middle on different roads
I'll get back there sooner or later
But right now it feels like I'm not keeping old friends
I'm just making new strangers

If I took off a week
And took I-56
Seven hours in my car
To be back where I lived
Would your mom's house still have that green couch in it?
Will we reminisce for more than a minute?
Or would we find out we're just too different now?
That's why

I don't go home and I don't answer my phone
I miss parties and birthdays, and inside jokes
It's hard to meet in the middle on different roads
I'll get back there sooner or later
But right now it feels like I'm not keeping old friends
I'm just making new strangers