Stranger

Excuse me, sir, never quite got your name
I might have seen you before
But I don't quite know where

Your blue coat, your pale skin
They remind me of something
You've got that look in your eyes
Inviting me to come by

Suddenly I wanna tell you my whole story
You're just a stranger but there's something so familiar
Looks like you've been
Walking the same streets as me
Been down the same dead ends for weeks

So, if you wanna
Join me here
For sweets and tea unless the sunlight stops
Before I'm home
Let's forget where we came from
Or where we're going
None of that matters right now

I like the way your eyes bend in
A question mark
The eternal seeker
Who knows not what he's sought
The one who talks without ever saying a word
But you're the unwritten hero
Who's story's never heard

You hold my gaze
As if you're touching for something
Perhaps it's just that you recognise
Yourself through my eyes
Sometimes we hold up mirrors in unlikely exchanges
When we come out to life with complete strangers

So do you wanna join me here?
Where life's constant thoughts meet in the heat of railway stations
Let's make believe
I'll be anything you want you can re-create me

And soon it will be
Time to say goodbye
You will go your way
And I will go mine

Back to these streets
Dented by our heavy footsteps
Back to big dreams
The kind we never forget

The lights flash, the doors open
And I'm stepping out
I'm looking back towards you
As I push through the crowd

And suddenly the doors close
And the train rushes past
One last glimpse of your eyes
So much I still wanna ask

So, if you wanna join me here
With question and answers
Unheard and untold speak
In the stillness of dreams
When memories surface
That's where we'll meet

That's where we'll meet