Nothing's ever gonna change.
I see you as you walk by,
and I can’t help but notice:
you’ve failed to notice me
again.

‘Cause when I see you, // (Nothing's ever gonna change.)
and when you see me too, // (It seems like it's been a while.)
it's not the same // (I can't help but notice)
lens we're looking through. // (your halfhearted smile.)

'Cause when I look at you, // (And when I look at you,)
you'll just stare on through, // (you'll stare on through,)
you'll stare on through, // (you'll stare on through,)
through me. // (through me.)

Nothing's ever gonna change. // (Nothing's ever gonna change.)
(You're acting strangely;) // I'll see you step in your car,
And then, you're gonna drive real far // (These days you seem so far)
away // (away)
from me. // (from me.)

And then I'm prob'ly gonna cry, // (Remember when we used to play)
but when I turn around, there you'll be // (on the playground you promised to be)
to the end: Always a good friend, // ((always a good friend,)
just a good friend to me. // (truly a good friend to me?)

But when I see you, // (But when I see you,)
and when you see me too, // (and when you see me too,)
It’s not the same // (it's not the same)
lens we're looking through, // (lens we're looking through,)
'cause when I look at you, // ('cause when I look at you,)
you'll just stare on through, // (you'll stare on through,)
you'll stare on through, // (you'll stare on through,)
through me. // (through me.)

But it won’t change the ending,
and it won’t change the past,
so what’s the point in us pretending
that it was ever going to last?

(Like watching a disaster unfolding,)
(time is moving too slow;)
I’m counting every fragment and fracture, // (I’m counting every fragment and fracture,)
as we struggle to let go. // (as we struggle to let go.)

But how can you not see it after so long? // (But how can you not see it after so long?)
And what more could I do? (And what more could I do?)
I haven’t ever even really written a real love song-- // (Have you ever even really written a real love song--)
one that wasn’t about you! // (one that wasn’t about you?)

But I’m not gonna miss you, // (But I’m not gonna miss you,)
I mean how could I miss you? // (I mean how could I miss you?)
Because I already miss you-- // (Because I already miss you--)

when I see you, // (when I see you,)
and when you see me too, // (and when you see me too,)
It’s not the same // (it's not the same)
lens we're looking through, // (lens we're looking through,)
'cause when I look at you, // ('cause when I look at you,)
you'll just stare on through, // (you'll stare on through,)
you'll stare on through, // (you'll stare on through,)
through me. // (through me.)