This one is about my regret on how I handled a certain friendship / not friendship over a couple decades. This individual and I crossed paths in a number of ways over the course of junior high, high school and college. We were close at times, but we had a unique ability to get under each otherâs skin. After about 10 years, we wound up at odds.
Long story short, several years ago, he was murdered by a jealous ex-boyfriend of a woman he was seeing. This song came in the aftermath of trying to absorb it all. Itâs a little non-linear, because Iâm processing two things: one, the horror of the situation (âit should all be differentâ); and two, the crystal clear realization that I blew something that was a lot of effort and shouldâve been a bigger part of my life.
Iâm certain his response to this song would be: âsmhâŠhere we go, he took this situation and wrote a song about himself!â And Iâd sayâŠâwait, waitâŠIâm processing real emotion here, however it comes off!â AndâŠweâd both be right, in our own way. Would we resolve it? UmâŠno.
He was beloved by a lot of people.
We took off âMoving in Circlesâ this week. Thanks again for listening.