A half-remembered dream To remind me of something A half-remembered dream To remind me of something A half-remembered dream To remind me of something A group of friends In a public place To pretend That we didn't know To act as if strangers To one another A half-remembered dream To remind me of something To know what it's like To be treated as a stranger In a place Where you're supposed to feel safe We didn't get to choose We didn't get to choose Society We didn't get to choose We didn't get to choose What to do with our time How to live our lives We didn't get to choose Education and work We didn't get to choose A half-remembered dream To remind me of something We are strangers to each other We are strangers to ourselves A half-remembered dream To remind me of something We are strangers to each other We are strangers to ourselves A half-remembered dream To remind me of something We are strangers to each other We are strangers to ourselves