Somewhere Out There

Somebody somewhere, maybe even someone you know, is still awake.
Somebody somewhere is writing to remember
Somebody somewhere is drinking to forget

Somebody somewhere, maybe even someone you know
Is languidly lounging in the afterglow of a perfect day
Meanwhile, somebody somewhere is wondering if tomorrow will be better

Somebody is driving, somewhere is home
Somebody is getting ready for work,
Dreaming of somewhere far from here.
Somebody is asleep, curled and cozy in a cavern of covers
Somebody is pacing, restless, begging for rest to come

Somebody somewhere is picking up the tab,
Somebody somewhere is down to their last few dollars
Somebody somewhere, maybe even somebody you know, is out of options

Somebody is praying, somebody is playing, somebody is fixing a snack
Somebody is running, somebody is walking the dog, somebody somewhere
Maybe even somebody you know, is looking to the stars

Somebody is feeling small, somebody is feeling ten feet tall
Somebody somewhere is hiding, somebody is refusing to go back
Somebody somewhere is still pushing forward

Somebody somewhere is mourning, somebody is getting a call,
Somebody somewhere just felt their first contraction

Somebody somewhere is wondering what life could be like
Somebody is wondering what life could have been
If only, if only, if only

Somebody somewhere is dancing like nothing else matters,
Somebody somewhere is waiting at a red light
Somebody somewhere is doing both at the same time

Somebody somewhere is feeling alone
Somebody has never felt closer to anyone
Somebody is packing, planning, picking, practicing, preparing
Somebody somewhere is doing none of those things

Somebody somewhere is realizing that somebody somewhere else
Is living a life just as rich and full as their own, that to them they’re somebody somewhere
Maybe even somebody they know
Somebody somewhere is thinking of you


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