Aluminum

from the barenaked ladies

"how in every visible way you shine
as if the stars in your wake align
almost impossible to malign
but just below where you shine you burn
although i know it, i never learn
just goes to show i can't discern

aluminum to me
aluminium to some
you can shine like sliver all you want
but you're just aluminum

illuminating just what you want to show
you'll never rust, but i'll never know
you can't be trusted; i can't let go

aluminum to me
aluminium to some
you can shine like sliver all you want
but you're just aluminum

Every time you're here i forget
when you leave, you leave only regret
every time you're near i forget
everything

you're so lightweight, how can you survive
recycling moments from others lives
you're not as precious as you contrive

aluminum to me
aluminium to some
you can shine like sliver all you want
but you're just aluminum"

intersting song that is
i have liked it from the first time i heard it
thought it was genius to write such a melodic tune
all about aluminum

just dug it just for that
simple
till now

look closer at the words
hear what is being said
and it speaks to love
yes love
and the lament of it all

how can that be?
well i hear it now through a friends eyes
ones she doesnt even know she has
she thought she had silver
but it was just aluminum

i thought i had silver too
once
for a long while
now it looks just like
aluminum

so is rebounding , recycling?
what are we looking for?
what do we fear?

right now
for me
being seen
as just
aluminum

and she doesnt even know she shines