Friends Forever

We'll be your friends

We'll be your friends

We need you to make it

Lets see if you can take it

You can trust us till the end

 

I'll make believe

Because you can't see

Everything you've done to me

 

Maybe you can

Maybe you're just ignoring

All the signs

 

We know that we've all been here

It only hurts a second

But if you looked just like us

 

We'll be your friends

We'll be your friends

We need you

So we can get where we want

 

And we'll pretend

We'll pretend

That those nice days never ended

 

And now we're through

And now I'm done

I don't want to be like you

I don't want to be locked in

This pretend game again

 

Not anymore

Not anymore

 

We are aware
Of what we did

We will keep you

We will

Never

Let

You

Go

 

Can't keep me here

Stuck in this prison

These flame pretending

That it's fine

 

Welcome to the show

I've spent years learning how to play

Pretending in my most valuable act

 

This was all a lie

You proved that over and over again

No fun to play

Stuck here every day

 

Feeling trapped

Broken

And you want to pick a fight

 

Never learned the truth about yourselves

Any time I speak it's a game

Until I decided to play along

 

This is what I have to say

I've been stuck here every day

Pretending it was ok

Pretending I still even liked you

The last few years

When I can barely tolerate

 

Because I'd become a part of your band

I'd become part of something bigger

So I thought

 

Now you have to take

Your own responsibility

For whatever your new plan may be

 

We are on every side
We are only on our side

We are hiding everywhere

We are in your head

We are placing words

Right where we want them to be

 

I'm sorry

You've been misinformed

You've never had the control you seek

I just play my hands more carefully

Near you

 

Walk on eggshells

Legos building walls

Around the truths

I've wanted to cry out for years

Don't you see

We are where your story ends?

 

It's a bright new day

And I have only begun

Thank you

For all you've done

 

We'll be here to the end

The others haven't made the cut

We've kept you so long

In spite of all your flaws

Look at all we've done

For you

 

Look at all you've done

To me

 

Lend us your hand

Lend us your talents

Lend us your skill

We'll make our dreams come true

 

They keep me running

Running

 

You're perfect for this occupation

So let us surprise you

We'll make you join the crew

You can keep running

We'll always find you

 

Haunted husks of who I once knew

It's not fair to keep delaying

Not fair to me to keep waiting

For you to decide suddenly

To get back to truths I thought I saw

Within you

 

Turns out I'm more artistic than I thought

Because I painted you better than you are

In my head above the fire

 

Until that day

You

Chose to fade

You-

 

You try to hide

We'll be there

You try to hide

We'll be there

You'll find scraps of us still

We're in the fire but

We'll never melt away

We're here in the dark

Terrors living in your head

Voices reminding you

You're nothing without us

You'll be a hopeless guest

Inside your own head

 

Zero safety nets left

After realizing you never counted

There are places in the dark

In my head

Darker than you know

The tables will turn

Once you learn you've been dead

For so long

 

You never stood a chance

Hatred still means we're here

You should have stayed

You need us here

Whether you want to admit it or-

 

It's been make-believe so long

Pretending it's all ok

But shadows became

The light

When the monsters lurk in plan sight

 

It's been a cold

And maddening decent

But you threw me into the hole to start with

Falling down further

Than perhaps you intended

But intent means very little at this point

Because now there's nothing left

 

Worse was I wanted to be part of this

But you chose to fracture the world

And leave me to fall down the crack

Now I'm stuck on replay

Repeating words you said were ok

Because anything else is wrong

Even if it's honest

 

Behold the horrors

They hide behind the shadows of remorse

Maybe you'll find them soon

After you see how you left me behind

All the while you cling to me

Like a leach

 

We take up every shadow

The darkness is the stage

In which we live to be complete

 

If that were true

You'd know how to handle mine

Instead of fleeing every time I show

Even the smallest hint of it

 

You may lurk in shadows

But thanks in part to you

It's all I know

 

The night consumes me more

The safety of dreams

The comfort of memories

I pretend aren't tainted by the sight of you

After you left me here alone

 

Watch your back

We'll be here

We're remind everyone

Of what you've done

To us

To yourself

We're always here

We're always here

Haunting the back of your mind

 

Like phantom pain

Maybe I'll never escape

That's fine

As long as I remove the infection

Before it can get any worse

 

We'll always be your friends

This isn't the end

You're stuck with us

You won't make it through

 

At least I won't be just like you

At least now I can end this show

 

I tried so long

To sing you the right song

To make you see what I've been seeing

 

To make you understand what I have

But I can't fix you

 

Nothing's broken

We're perfect how we are

You could have been one of us

 

There's nothing I can do

To make you whole

I'm done trying to explain

 

Now the masks are off

The music's gone

 

This is what happen when you

Try to rely on someone else

The show is over