Song for a Dead Friend Lyrics

Danny, my friend
I think you knew me better than I ever knew you
You read every chapter and I just glossed right over it
And pretended I knew
But I believed in you
I loved you for your brilliance
And your way of making everything absurd
And I relied on you to make me see
The foolishness of paragraphs that were better as one word
What could I have told you to make you think again
We draw the same conclusion, but we choose a different end
'Cause when you tear it down it only looks more ragged
And when you build it up it only looks more fake
So why not let it be, at least until tomorrow
And then you just might see your sad mistake

'Cause life had more to give than what you take
Danny, my friend
Forgive me if I break our rule
But I think it's overdue
I really cared about you and I didn't think that I could love a friend
As much as I loved you
And we were always friends
We were Captain Jim and Billy
The super-human, crime-avenging twins
Oh, I'm gonna miss you, and I truly am alone now
For there's no one to congratulate my sins
I wish I could have been for you a more consistent friend
The chapters that I skipped I'm going to have to read again
But when I tear it down it only looks more ragged
And when I build it up it only looks more fake
But I can't let it be, 'cause part of me died with you
And there's lots of pages missing from my book
'Cause you had more to give than what I took
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Lyrics submitted by Steve.