That someone is me.

The heart over the sunset on the cover is the song itself — a love that didn’t end when the relationship did. He walked away, but he never stopped caring. That someone is him.

This is a song about loving someone after it’s over. “Don’t you know that it takes a bigger man to walk away.” He walked away — but “Somebody wants you and somebody cares / Someone thinks about you everywhere / That someone, that someone is me.” He still dreams about her being his wife, still holds her in his mind every night.

It’s an apology and a confession at once. “I’m sorry I never told you / I never thought the day would come that you and I were really done.” And the question at the centre of it all, asked twice: “Why didn’t you believe in me?”

And then the hope, even in the goodbye: “After all is said and done / I hope you finally met someone / Who gives you all that you need.” He hopes she found someone who gives her what she needs — even though it’s over, even though that someone is still him. “You never thought you’d hear me say it’s really over, then walk away / Honey, I’m sorry but it’s for real.”

“Someone” was Franklin McKay’s first radio single — the first song of his ever played on commercial radio. He sent it to Jay Smith at CKXS, New 99.1 in Wallaceburg, Ontario, in August 2011. Written with Harry Hess. And if you love Richard Marx, Chicago or Foreigner, this one’s for you.