The other side

The car is moving and I'm sitting in the back sit, Kings of Convenience is playing, and I'm looking throught the window. The atmosphere is so different there. Why where I live isn't like this?
The next thing I see is the market... The place makes me feel more alive, more confidence.
We walk in and have a pleasure time there.
Once again I'm in the car watching throught the window the city, the cloudy day is back and the wind is like saying "I'm bring to you changes." At least I like to think.
After a while we're in the road coming back home. And the happy feeling is leave behind. "Yeah", I think to myself, I belong there, I belong in the other side of the city.

©Leonardo Martins

Kings of Convenience-Misread

If you wanna be my friend
You want us to get along
Please do not expect me to
Wrap it up and keep it there
The observation I am doing could
Easily be understood
As cynical demeanour
But one of us misread...
And what do you know
It happened again

A friend is not a means
You utilize to get somewhere
Somehow I didn't notice
friendship is an end
What do you know
It happened again

How come no-one told me
All throughout history
The loneliest people
Were the ones who always spoke the truth
The ones who made a difference
By withstanding the indifference
I guess it's up to me now
Should I take that risk or just smile?

What do you know
It happened again
What do you know