that's how it is supposed to end...

(Disclaimer: no reference to anyone living, or dead)

saw you yesterday by the river
all the memories came flashing back
just realized how empty I am
what all I miss, what all I lack...

how I spent those days, lost and insecure
how I spent those nights, lying on the floor
you wanted to call, it was too late
what kept you from it, why did you wait...

I wanna forget you, I wanna be strong
wanna honor those with whom I belong
but suddenly I find you standing near
looking into your eyes, the pain I can't bear...

I look away but you call my name
in a way that wasn't the same
your voice was cold, I felt aloof
and the ring on your finger was the proof...

standing with you was your "the one"
I looked to the heavens, "this is not done"
all the weeks of strength fleeted in a second
months of distress in store, I reckoned...

but you seemed happy, and I thought
if this is all that I ever got
that the girl I cared for most has a good life
and so what if she is someone else's wife...

isn't this what love is supposed to be
its gotta be about "her", not "me"
and that gave me peace, that made me smile
the pain was gone, that I had all this while...

so I looked to the heavens, once again
this time without anger, without disdain
and I wished for you to be my friend
sometimes that's how it is supposed to end...