Do This

It sounds different because you're different
Every stone is a stepping stone
And I don't know who you are anymore
Or where you've been
Or what you call yourself now
Or how you sound

Every stone is a stepping stone, don't get run over
Concrete runs over the street, fills in dents, stick your hands in there and you'll last a decade
You didn't even last a few months back when we knew each other

This isn't a breakup song, because we were never romantically involved, And
And I say "you" as a general "you", I don't want to get too specific
I want the listener to place themselves
Into the lyrics of this track
So that it's relatable
So that I can rack up more listens
And eventually purchase Luke Vibert merch
(An artist that I hadn't even heard of when we knew each other)

And we never broke up, we weren't brittle enough
We only bent ourselves out of the way
Slowly crumbled
Dispersed into the wind, or
More realistically, into Hebrew schools, homeschooling, public school, a different Discord server

I realize that most of the relationships I have are based on circumstance, but it's okay
I was emblematic of one period of your life, whether it was several years or one year or a few months
Or just a week, whether it was a good time or bad time for you
And you either have to pause for a few seconds to try to remember my name now
Or I've dissolved into the background noise of your memories, and it's okay, it's all okay
I'm part of you now, and you're part of me, and we've always been parts of each other

You'll never see that license plate ever again
Or that person crossing the street, probably
Or that person commenting gibberish on a news article
But you saw them, under those circumstances, and that's a one-in-a-billion opportunity
And now they've dissolved into the background noise of your memories
Alongside all of the other license plates, pedestrians, and commenters
And now they're part of you- and maybe you're part of them, too
Because every stone is a stepping stone
And one day you'll get all the parts
You'll reach the destination
And you'll dissolve into the background noise of the world

Trust me

When I say that
You should be very happy about this