The Only Common Factor

Remembering times that have passed, I can't help but feeling low
Every memory is clear as day and it doesn't seem that long ago
Somewhere along the line, and somehow, we drifted apart
There never was a clear ending and I can't remember the start

Do you remember the good times? Or are they forever lost?
Should we regret our choices, when they came at such a cost?
Do you think of it often, or just sometimes off and on?
One moment you have everything and the next moment it's gone

Bad excuses, broken dreams and lack of communication
Whether suffering in silence or screaming
You won't get rid of all your frustration
'Cus it's hard to be lonely when to be alone wasn't your choice
And by yourself, in your head, the silence
Starts to sound like a terrible noise

Can you honestly tell me, one last time
That what goes around, comes around and the punishment fits the crime
Even eyes that are open will miss what isn't in line-of-sight
And when your heart has been broken it's hard to see the light

I think about you all the time
And I try to make sense of what I'm feeling
In reverse verse, there's no reason or rhyme
To hide from what your heart is revealing
It might be hard to interpret
Or you simply ignore the obvious meaning
'Cus the truth might hurt, and your head might divert
Rreason from intervening

We were almost the same once, but now it's just all the same
And we'll never be the same ones as we were when starting this game
If things had been different, would you have held on to what we had?
Or were there way too many straws on the camels back
And whatever we'd've done, we'd've found another to add

When the puzzle is almost complete
It's just missing one or two pieces
You forget who you were and what you knew
And if your actions had any reasons
You go through a million pieces
But still it seems none of them fits
When you finally find the missing pieces
The rest of them have fallen to bits

Take a look in the mirror
Tell me if what you think you see is true
'Cus the only common factor in all your failed relationships is you
It might be hard to admit that you're the one that needs to change
And all your mannerisms you thought normal are actually quite strange