Most break-ups hardly end nicely, and former lovers usually look away when they meet one another accidentally. But once in a while, we hear of people separating as good friends. Some even keep each other updated about their respective love lives.
When you called me up this morning
Told me about the new love you found
I said, “I’m happy for you
I’m really happy for you”
Yet, amidst what has literally become separate lives, there’s this unspoken longing that the fire can be rekindled and a reconciliation will eventually take place. It’s something that many people expect to happen whenever they meet their ex just to stay updated. Until the painful truth reveals itself.
Found someone else
I guess I won’t be comin’ ’round
I guess it’s over, baby
It’s really over, baby
And from what you said
I know you’ve gotten over me
It’ll never be the way it used to be
So if it’s gotta be this way
Don’t worry, baby
I can take the news, okay
With the realization that your ex has moved on, you end up dealing with the feelings that you had wanted to remain burning and the consequences that often go with it. And even if you look away, you know that things will never go back to what they were before.
I just never thought
That I would be replaced so soon
I wasn’t prepared
To hear those words from you
I know I wanted to be free
Yeah, baby, this is how we wanted it to be
We try to be strong and put on a brave face. Still, when we see the one we care for holding hands with a new-found love, we can’t help but look away, because we are too afraid to see the truth and to let people see how we really feel.
But if you see me walking by
And the tears are in my eyes
Look away, baby, look away
If we meet on the streets someday
And I don’t know what to say
Look away, baby, look away
Don’t look at me
I don’t want you to see me this way
The pop-rock band Chicago performed and recorded “Look Away” in late 1988 with Bill Champlin serving as lead vocalist. The song is featured as the second track in Chicago 19, the band’s 16th studio album.
“Look Away” was the top song in Billboard’s Hot 100 that year, a feat that was repeated when the song ranked first place in the Adult Contemporary division. “Look Away” was also the last number 1 single for Chicago after its former lead vocalist Peter Cetera left the group to launch a solo career.
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