Anybody in the Crowd

Saw him once two years ago
Blue-eyed baby, call it indigo
You thought about it for a week
Scratch everything you think you know
You're sure you've never felt like this before
You can't breathe the first time you speak
And you know you don't know him
But you want to
So you make up stories in your head, you
Pretend you know him till it feels true
And he runs like water through your days
Showing up in almost every place
Not the person in your head
But they look the same

Anybody in the crowd could be him by now
Anybody now
You don't know it but you brace for a fall
And the moment hits
You realize you knew someone else
Came up with him yourself
You knew no one at all

Saw him again last month
A reflection in the window
Back to you, so you're not sure
But you know
Cause he's in that blue shirt
And he's smoking a cigarette
You know you'd know him anywhere you go
And the street is busy
So you don't stop
You get out before your heart stops
You remind yourself you know how to breathe
And it floods like water back again
Everything you came up with in your head
Everything you tried to forget

Anybody in the crowd could be him by now
Anybody now
You don't know it but you brace for a fall
And the moment hits
You realize you knew someone else
Came up with him yourself
You knew no one at all

And the game isn't fun now
You want to get off
It's a trick, it's too much now
You got it all wrong
And you try to jump ship
But the spin is too strong
'Cause the little white horses
Don't stop for no one, and

Anybody in the crowd could be him by now
Anybody now
You don't know it but you brace for a fall

Anybody in the crowd could be him by now
Anybody now
You don't know it but you brace for a fall
And the moment hits
You realize you knew someone else
Came up with him yourself
You knew no one at all