[Verse 1] I passed myself in the window this morning Took a second to see that it was me The angles changed, the posture changed, the silence Did the same thing to her that it did to me I remember when I knew her every corner Every habit, every fear, every plan But the woman in the window’s got a quiet I don’t recognize the peace she’s standing in
[Pre-Chorus] Stranger in my story But familiar in my bones I’ve been walking toward this version All along Without knowing I was home
[Chorus] Familiar stranger looking back at me I think I know you, I just haven’t learned your name Familiar stranger, we came from the same place We just aren’t the same I used to think I lost you in the changing But the changing was the point all along Hello, familiar stranger I think I like who you’ve become
[Verse 2] I met someone at a party last November She laughed the way I used to laugh at twenty-two She was nervous and she wore it like a trophy I thought, I remember being you I wanted to tell her that it evens out eventually That the awkward part is just the waiting room But instead I just kept watching her be fearless In the way she didn’t know she was
[Pre-Chorus] Stranger in my story But familiar in my bones I’ve been walking toward this version All along Without knowing I was home
[Chorus] Familiar stranger looking back at me I think I know you, I just haven’t learned your name Familiar stranger, we came from the same place We just aren’t the same I used to think I lost you in the changing But the changing was the point all along Hello, familiar stranger I think I like who you’ve become
[Bridge] We’re all just walking toward a version We can’t quite picture yet A little unfamiliar in the mirror A little further from the mess And one day you stop questioning the reflection You stop asking how you got here Because the stranger looking back Has earned the quiet Has earned the years
[Final Chorus - key lift, note lift] Familiar stranger looking back at me I think I know you, I just don’t know your name Familiar stranger, we came from the same place We just aren’t the same I used to think I lost you in the changing But the changing was the point all along Hello, familiar stranger I think I like who you’ve become
[Outro] Hello, familiar stranger I think I know you now Hello, familiar stranger This was always how it worked out