Reinvent the Wheel

I guess everything just circles around to where it was before
And I doubt you'll ever come back now from wherever it is you are

I'm sure the TV sets will tell us when someone reinvents the wheel
But the way your eyes would gloss over, well, I never envied that

Now ghosts they have their secrets and they'll tell them to a few
And I heard you wrote that record for a girl you loved that died
And I know you'll never come back now to the world where people are
'Cause you never understood what they loved you for
So you could never pay attention when they're whispering to you

'Cause I know you did the same thing for as long as you could bear
But I've tried to breathe in meaning, dig deep to every gasp of air
Until then I'll have a million conversations about shit that isn't real

There were many talents you possessed that I wished myself to have
'Cause you never understood what we loved you for
I'm here sewing mine together just hoping you're alive