Is it You?
Remembering childhood, the games you would play;
You reconnect now, but not much to say.
Should be so much, after a decade;
Keeping in touch, a promise you made.
Just down the block, they’re so far away
You start to wonder: Did you change, or they?
Online they grill like an auto-de-fe,
Positive everyone must see their way.
You recognize nothing from what they say
In all that you hold in your heart today.
It’s like you each march in a different parade
As you consider, did you change, or they?
Sometimes it seems the whole U.S.A.
Has forgotten all the rules of fair play.
Those you don’t trust are making it “great”
Despite all the words and people betrayed.
Those you thought better are shouting, “Hooray!”
Just what has happened? Did you change, or they?
- - - -
“My enemies are all too familiar.
They’re the ones who used to call me friend.”
-- Jawbreaker, “Boxcar”
Entry for LJ Idol: Season Eleven, Week 5; Topic is the song quote above.
You reconnect now, but not much to say.
Should be so much, after a decade;
Keeping in touch, a promise you made.
Just down the block, they’re so far away
You start to wonder: Did you change, or they?
Online they grill like an auto-de-fe,
Positive everyone must see their way.
You recognize nothing from what they say
In all that you hold in your heart today.
It’s like you each march in a different parade
As you consider, did you change, or they?
Sometimes it seems the whole U.S.A.
Has forgotten all the rules of fair play.
Those you don’t trust are making it “great”
Despite all the words and people betrayed.
Those you thought better are shouting, “Hooray!”
Just what has happened? Did you change, or they?
- - - -
“My enemies are all too familiar.
They’re the ones who used to call me friend.”
-- Jawbreaker, “Boxcar”
Entry for LJ Idol: Season Eleven, Week 5; Topic is the song quote above.