Circles
The Downtown Fiction Lyrics

This feels familiar,
I have experienced this before, it's not new.

I’ve been here before.
I have gone through this exact same situation, even though the person involved is different.

A different face walking
Although the person is different this time around, it feels familiar because the context is the same.

through the same door.
I am going through the same situation with a new person, but the cycle feels repetitive.

Thought it’d get easy
I expected this to be less painful or challenging this time around.

but it just hurts
But the pain is still there, if not more intense.

more, everytime.
The pain and difficulty of this cycle is increasing with every repetition.

The way I see it,
In my perspective,

nothing ever ends.
this cycle of pain and repetition seems never-ending.

Like a circle,
This cycle is like a circle, where it starts at a certain point and always loops back to the beginning.

something new begins.
Although it is a cycle, there are always slight variations that make it feel like something new each time.

And now I turn my back
Now I am turning myself away,

into the wind and carry on.
Even though it is difficult, I am still moving forward with my life.

I know you’re gone.
I understand that you are not here anymore, and that things have changed.

I had to walk away.
I had to choose to leave this behind, to walk away from this painful cycle.

Now its broken,
Now that I have chosen to leave this cycle, things are broken or in disarray.

its the price I pay.
I understand that this is the cost of leaving behind something that is painful and unhealthy.

But it was worth it,
However, in the end, it was worth the cost to remove myself from this cycle.

now i can say you’re name,
Now I can speak your name out loud.

without falling apart (like the circles)
Without feeling overwhelmed by emotions or falling back into the same cycle of pain.

We always end up at the start.
Yet, we always circle back to the beginning of this painful cycle.

I know its scary,
I understand that it is frightening,

what you can’t define.
Especially when you cannot easily put words to the situation.

But just a temporary
However, it is only temporary,

place and time.
And it will not last forever.

were pushing forward
Even though it is difficult,

and we can’t rewind.
We cannot go back into the past to change the situation,

But that’s alright,
But it's okay,

It’s how we survive.
We just have to keep pushing forward to overcome it.

I know, I know,
I understand,

feels like it’s always changing.
Even though this cycle feels repetitive, there are still changes each time that make it feel new.

it’s like just rearranging.
It's like reshuffling the same pieces and parts of a puzzle, but it still has the same overall shape.

Build it up,
Starting fresh, building something new,

tear it down,
Breaking down what was previously there,

all the walls and hurdles.
Overcoming all of the obstacles and challenges in this cycle.

We’re running in circles!
Despite all of our efforts, we are still stuck in this repetitive cycle of pain and difficulty.

without falling apart
Without feeling overwhelmed by emotions or falling back into the same cycle of pain.

And I know, I know,
I understand,

We always end up at the start.
No matter how much we try to break free, we always end up back at the beginning of this painful cycle.