Jimmy Dean Inman's "Funny how" is a breakup poem built on a repeated phrase. "Funny how" usually signals amusement, but here it carries hurt. The speaker lists contradictions: they wanted an ex but went back to a different one, while the person who claimed to love them now kisses someone else. The speaker stayed civil and let things go, yet the other person did the opposite.
The final section drops the pattern and gets more direct. The speaker admits the spark is gone ("I lost my hunger") but still asks, "tell me I wasn't in love." They say they prefer to ignore the pain rather than look at it too closely. The mood is tired, wounded, and restrained. The speaker refuses to call names or lash out, though the last lines hint that if someone provoked them, they might speak up later. It feels like calm on the surface with anger and sadness underneath.