swansong v2.0

millions of people screaming your name
and you played it up for them.
laughing and joking into the mike,
blowing kisses at the girls in the front row.
and i watched you
and i screamed with the rest of them.
screamed your name, over and over,
and sang along to the songs
and dreamed it was just the two of us.

and i never even realised
not until now, not until the roadies have packed up and left
i never even realised who you sang to
and it wasn't the thousands,
the thousands who paid for tickets,
and it wasn't yourself,
and it wasn't anyone else;
that you were singing to me.

so now
when there's no one around
no crowds, no lights, no big-bass amps
and i'm perfectly alone.

so now,
i'm singing to you.