from across the street, rewrite three

the life I'm supposed to live
is across the street
I see you but I make sure
our eyes never meet
I can see the windows
were moonlight would stream in
when I was the magnet
of your touch, skin upon skin
I wish I could be again

I still see our boys
from across the street
showing off on skateboards
and the language that they speak
I can see your face
in the expressions that they wear
I can feel a love
that I once believed was shared
guess it was never really there

         what I recall
         I see it all
         from across the street

I see your new friends
from across the street
each one a new replacement
for the sorry likes of me
I hate every one of them
with all the rage inside me
I'm a ticking time bomb
and you're right there beside me
just waiting to ignite me

the man I deserve to be
is across the street
all my history 
is across the street
there's no place for me
across the street
but you can't erase me
across the street