The stranger Lyrics

There is a stranger at my dinner table

I watch him closely and try to say little

I can barely eat

I'd like to reach out and touch him but we're not friends

I am afraid I might offend him if I say much or ask too much

There are painful moments of silence

I wonder what he's thinking then

He says the food is good but doesn't eat much

He doesn't look me in the eye

But I stare at him

I know he wants to flee, I want to keep him longer

One wrong word and he'll be gone for good

The dinner is awkward but I would do it again and again

In the past, he filled my life with happy memories then disappeared

And the misery began

He means more to me than I mean to him

I sit there, my heart breaks and rejoices coz of this stranger

But he doesn't know it

The stranger at my dinner table now says he's happy

He doesn't look happy

He wants to share details about his lifestyle

Details I'd rather not know

He doesn't overshare though, he knows we can't agree

And it's what caused the strangeness between us

He's mine after all

I birthed and raised him

I don't know if I did everything right at the dinner table

I hope my tone was alright, my manner and posture were okay

I hope my measured words were tolerable

Bcoz if they were not, I may not look at this stranger's face again

And i love the face deeply for it's been years since I've seen it

The stranger I love is home

I hope he stays close

Let all the strangeness go

The stranger I love is home