Hindsight

hindsight

funny how my mind works

it erases entire ages

but it saved what you were wearing when we met

and i remember your account of

growing up inside a movie

and my annoyance at your half-smoked cigarettes

you set me ablaze just for a second

and snuffed me out before i got your name

i never got the hang of turning blind eyes

but you left a mean impression just the same

if there was some connection

between my heart and my endurance

i might have found the courage to stay

so i tell myself in hindsight

that you were pretty hard to save

it's like you set the place on fire

so we could watch you burn away

i don't know how you managed

to get us wrapped around your finger

but i wonder if it ever wore you out

and i hardly have a memory

of finally stealing my fifteen minutes

but i'm sure i've got no reason to be proud

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