Glances
By That Beach Sound Cartel
[Verse 1]
I wonder how many people
I’ve glanced at in my life,
Passed ‘em in a grocery store,
At a red light late at night.
Walked right by ‘em on a sidewalk,
Sat beside ‘em on a plane,
Never saw ‘em once again.
Or never knew their name,
[Verse 2]
Maybe they were headed home,
Maybe headed somewhere new,
Maybe they were fallin’ in love,
Or barely makin’ it through.
Maybe they were changin’ tires,
Maybe buyin’ wedding rings,
Funny how a stranger’s life
Can hold a thousand things.
[Chorus]
I wonder how many people
I’ve looked at and they’ve died,
Years later, gone forever,
Just after they passed by.
A second in the same world,
Then carried by the tide,
I wonder how many people
I’ve glanced at that have died.
[Verse 3]
I wonder how many strangers
I’ve seen and then moved on,
Never knowin’ years later
They’d already be gone.
A face in a crowded airport,
A smile at a traffic light,
A moment shared between us
Then vanished from my sight.
[Bridge]
Maybe we should be kinder,
Maybe take a little time,
‘Cause every soul we pass by
Is fightin’ somethin’ inside.
That old man at the checkout,
That woman on the train,
You never know who’s carryin’
A lifetime of hurt and pain.
Maybe every stranger
Is a story we’ll never know,
And maybe that’s the reason
We should treat ‘em kind before they go.
[Chorus]
I wonder how many people
I’ve looked at and they’ve died,
Years later, gone forever,
Just after they passed by.
A second in the same world,
Then carried by the tide,
I wonder how many people
I’ve glanced at that have died.
[Outro]
Somewhere there’s a photograph…
A face I don’t recall.
A stranger I once noticed…
Then never knew at all.
I wonder how many people…
I’ve glanced at…
That have died.
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