[Verse 1] I saw you by the window In a restaurant downtown Same old way of standing Like the world had let you down You were laughing with a woman I had never seen before And I knew the way you touched her Like I used to know the door [Pre-Chorus] I could’ve crossed the room I could’ve said your name But something in your eyes Told me nothing was the same [Chorus] You’re a total stranger Wearing someone I knew A familiar danger In a different shade of blue You’re a total stranger With a face I can’t forget I remember loving you But I don’t know who you are yet Total stranger Total stranger [Verse 2] Did you change your way of speaking Or did I stop listening right? Did we lose each other slowly Or all at once that night? There’s a scar below your collar From the summer by the lake I could draw it from memory But I don’t know what you take In your coffee anymore Or whose number’s on your key There’s a life inside your jacket That has nothing to do with me [Pre-Chorus] I could’ve touched your sleeve I could’ve made you turn But some bridges only show you All the things that had to burn [Chorus] You’re a total stranger Wearing someone I knew A familiar danger In a different shade of blue You’re a total stranger With a face I can’t forget I remember loving you But I don’t know who you are yet Total stranger Total stranger [Bridge] Maybe this is mercy Maybe this is how it ends Not with broken dishes Not with trying to be friends Just a table in the corner Just a coat across your chair Just the ghost of what I wanted Breathing someone else’s air And I wonder, did you see me? Did you know I looked away? Did you feel the room go quiet In the middle of your day? [Breakdown] Same eyes New weather Same mouth New prayer Same hands New lover Same man Not there [Final Chorus] You’re a total stranger Wearing someone I knew A familiar danger In a different shade of blue You’re a total stranger And it cuts me clean in two I remember being yours But I don’t belong to you You’re a total stranger With a face I can’t forget I remember loving you But I don’t know who you are yet Total stranger Total stranger [Outro] I passed you in the doorway You smiled like we were kind And I carried all our history With a stranger on my mind
