Written like so many of them, in Toronto in 1995, when I was missing an old friend who would dramatically collide back into my life two years later.
lyrics
As I look back, on the changes in my life.
I wonder; were they ever right?
Well no matter, they seemed right at the time.
But now and then I can't get you off my mind…
I could not speak I could not say, the words that haunt me 'til today;
I loved you then, I love you now.
You turned your back, I went away,
eighteen years and nothing's changed:
I loved you then, I love you now.
And it's all, it's all so easy now. Now everything has turned to stone.
But I can't, can't help wondering;
when did everything turn to stone?
As I look back on the changes since I left,
it's no surprise I haven't got it yet.
And I remember, what you said to me this time,
ahh but even still I can't get you off my mind.
I could not speak I could not say, the words that haunt me 'til today;
I loved you then, I love you now.
You closed your eyes, I went away,
eighteen years and nothing's changed:
I loved you then, I love you now.
And it's all, it's all so easy now. Now everything's returned to stone.
But I can't, can't help wondering;
when did everything turn to stone?
I could not speak I could not say, the words that haunt me 'til today;
I loved you then, I love you now.
I turned my back, I went away,
eighteen years and nothing's changed:
I loved you then, I love you now.
credits
from The Synics Are,
released June 16, 2001
David-lead vocals, guitar. Pat-bg vocals, bass. Chris-drums.