Fanfaronade: Always Be A Friend

So now I'll go on writing songs and making friends
And try my hardest to be the best person I possibly can
You showed me how to look into myself and see the problem
And reminded me no matter who you are that we all got 'um
Now I think of you each time I stop to talk to someone I don't know
I can't get rid of you, I can't let go of something I can't hold
I miss having the option to call you when I'm feeling down
You always found a way to listen 'til you felt me through the phone
Now I walk around acting like I've learned to deal with it
When I just want to sit with this so I can feel how real it is
I don't want to let you down
I hope I'm making you proud
You taught me how to be myself but right now I just don't know how
Can't seem to figure out exactly what I'm supposed to do
Sometimes I cry until I can't
Sometimes I laugh until I'm blue
It's like you lived til you learned what it feels like to be dead
And then you died so you could finally feel alive again

[Hook]

You will always be my friend
Forever ever be my friend
This is just a new beginning
Time will see us through again
'Til the end, 'til it ends
You will always be my friend
This is just a new beginning
Time will see us through again. (2x)

I find myself between feeling bad for what I lost
And feeling grateful for the privilege of knowing you for so long
"Kill The King" You told me, I asked you what it meant
You said it means to feel with all your heart and die in your head
So now I try but haven't figured out how to accept
That I won't ever get to see you again until I'm dead.

Remember on the plane flying home from out west,
How we made a friendly bet of who could sell more CD's to our fans.
You loved that game,And so did I...
Even though I always knew you that would win every night without trying.
Now I'm faced with that meat I can't bite through,
I ask myself the question "I wonder what would Mike do"
But I know what you would do,
You'd take your time and think it through
And if it didn't come to you, you'd walk away and keep your cool,
But even though the memories are blowing in the wind
Just know no matter what, You'll always have me as a friend.

[Hook]
You will always be my friend
Forever ever be my friend
This is just a new beginning
Time will see us through again
'Til the end, 'til it ends
You will always be my friend
This is just a new beginning
Time will see us through again. (2x)