Written about the fact that we are all strangers before someone says hello - in a beautiful, serendipitous way. People often meet someone who they believe to be a stranger - maybe abroad or somewhere completely random – just to later find out that they grew up playing sports at the same club or they know someone from their village back home. I think it’s
beautiful -that we can all be so connected in this huge, mad world.
lyrics
Were you just another face on my morning train
Another black umbrella in the rain
Hidden behind a book in a cafe
Where I used to get my coffee everyday
I wonder if, we were strangers, before we met
Did your hand brush mine in the street
But you didn't turn around as you said sorry
Was there a time we stood at the same bar
Your back to mine so close but yet so far
I wonder if, we were strangers, before we met
[CHORUS]
I don't know
I can't tell you why
Some people come, some go, some pass you by
I believe, somewhere, sometime I bet,
That we were strangers, before we met
Were you just somebody looking for an empty seat
and the only one there was was next to me
Were you just another face that I was gonna forget
No when you smiled, I knew I hadn't lived yet
The most beautiful stranger, I've ever met
[CHORUS]
I don't know
I can't tell you why
Some people come, some go, some pass you by
I believe, somewhere, sometime I bet,
That we were strangers, before we met
No I don't know
I can't tell you why
Some people come, some go, some pass you by
But I feel, I've known you all my life
And thats why, I can't believe
We were once strangers, before we met
The most beautiful stranger, I've ever met
credits
from Getting Comfortable With Uncertainty,
released March 12, 2021
Songwriters – Megan O’Neill, Ben Earle
Produced by The Dunwells
Mixed by Scott Halliday
Mastered by Stephen Ceresia at Stonyfield Mastering
supported by 12 fans who also own “Strangers Before we Met”
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Her songwriting. Her beautiful voice. Her self confessed vulnerability and fragility.
This truly is a piece of musical art. Brian Doig
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