From Above Lyrics - Lonely Avenue - Ben Folds

They even looked at each other once across the crowded bar 

He was with Martha, she was with Tom 

Neither of them really knew what was going on 

A strange feeling of never, heartbeats becoming synchronized 

It's been that way forever but most of the time it's just near misses 

Or kisses once at a bookstore, once at a party 

She came in as he was leaving and years ago at the movies 

She sat behind him, the 6:30 showing of "While You Were Sleeping" 

He never once looked around 

It's so easy from above 

You can really see it all 

People who belong together 

Lost and sad and small 

But there's nothing to be done for them 

It doesn't work that way 

Sure we all have soulmates but we walk past them every day 

And it's not like they were ever 

Actually unhappy in the lives they lived 

He married Martha, she married Tom 

Just this faint notion that something was wrong 

An ache, an absence, a phantom limb 

An itch that could never be scratched 

It's so easy from above 

You can really see it all 

People who belong together 

Lost and sad and small 

But there's nothing to be done for them 

It doesn't work that way 

Sure we all have soulmates but we walk past them every day 

Neither of them knew what was going on 

A strange feeling of never, 

Heartbeats becoming synchronized 

Stay that way forever 

Who knows whether that's how it should be 

Maybe a ghost lived in that vacancy 

Maybe that's how books get written 

Maybe that's why songs get sung 

Maybe we are the unlucky ones 

It's so easy from above 

You can really see it all 

People who belong together 

Lost and sad and small 

But there's nothing to be done for them 

It doesn't work that way 

Sure we all have soulmates 

But we walk past them every day 

Maybe that's how books get written 

Maybe that's why songs get sung 

Maybe we are the unlucky ones 

Maybe that's how books get written 

Maybe that's why songs get sung 

Maybe we are the unlucky ones