Sometimes I find myself thinking of someone I used to know and wonder how she's doing. In this age of Google searches and Facebook stalking, it's hard to imagine you can't find someone from your past. But sometimes people just can't be found...
"You Could Be Happy" is a beautifully sweet and sad song by Snow Patrol that captures the spirit of wishing someone well, even though things didn't end well when you last saw each other. The first time I ever heard the track off their Eyes Open album I was struck by how universal it is to wonder about someone you once cared for so much.
The lyrics go like this:
You could be happy and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go
And all the things that I wished I had not said
Are played in loops 'till it's madness in my head
Is it too late to remind you how we were
But not our last days of silence, screaming, blur
Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should have stopped you from walking out the door
You could be happy, I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far
Somehow everything I own smells of you
And for the tiniest moment it's all not true
Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do
More than anything I want to see you, girl
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world
I know in my heart I will never ever see this person again...and I have no clue how she is doing these days, but I like to imagine that she is happy and well.
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