All those yesterdays

So there are these people, you know them, the people you want to know better. All you want is to be a little more involved in their lives, to know you're important to them. I hate those people.

I mean, it's not their fault, I'd guess about a hundred percent of the time they're totally unaware of just how important they are to you. And you're not saying you'd necessarily want to be their best friend, their confidant, they're shoulder to cry on, etc...you just want to be a little more involved. You want to go from "what? they just got back from their honeymoon? you were invited to the wedding? they didn't even tell me they were engaged." to something like "they gave you a ring! congratulations! I'm so happy for you!" It's not a big change, sometimes it's the difference of a phone call, or the conversation you have at the bar when a bunch of you go out drinking with them. And that's exactly the problem. These people, they're not there when you go out, and when they go out you're not the person they call. You have to wait, or hope, for a chance encounter, sometimes you have to be the one who calls, and wish that this time they're not too busy to go out for a drink, or grab dinner someplace, or catch a movie, or this weekend they don't have a friend coming in from out of town. They'd be good friends, you'd be good friends, if only you could line up, if only you didn't keep missing each other. I hate those people. They'll never know what they're missing.

-Tom

recommended download? Pearl Jam, All Those Yesterdays