November Day

So far away and a long time ago

I was sure I'd left you behind

Life had moved on in that way that you know

Life is moving on all the time

I wasn't prepared for the changes that struck

On that sunny November day

I'd known you were hurting and down on your luck

But I still thought you'd be ok

I think I've lost you again

You drift ever further away

I'm shocked by the depth of the pain

I felt on that November day

Thought I'd finally moved on

The past was simply the past

The life I had then was all gone

But today life is moving so fast

I felt certain that I was quite free

You were hardly a part of my life

But the news was so shocking to me

It cut with the heat of a knife

I guess I've lost you again

And you drift ever further away

I'm shocked by the depth of the pain

I felt on that November day

That early November no one could foresee it

I watched as you stumbled but couldn't believe it

You gave all you had for something much stranger

You must have known something but you ignored the danger

I always knew you had madness inside

But somehow you kept it in check

So it pains me to say that I cried and I cried

As I watched you lose all self respect

I fear for the people who live with you still

How can they know what to do

If it's this hard for me I just can't conceive

What they must be going through

Now that I lost you again

And you drift ever further away

I am shocked by the depth of the pain

I felt on that November day