Friendship is a word I would never use lightly You never understood What it means to me But I was foolish and lonely So I closed my eyes, chose not to see The five stages of mourning Well, they do not quite apply For the stage of denial I've been living that the entire time To you a friend is just some "buddy" With whom to hang out, get drunk and cheer The river of your affection Is only as wide as a can of beer The five stages of mourning Well, they do not quite apply I have traded my anger for sadness And I am sad now all the time Against all better judgment I was hoping for greater things to come But in the end it was all disappointing What can you expect from a simple man The five stages of mourning Well, they do not quite apply There is nothing here to bargain for The illusion of you, it had to die To bury an empty coffin Is the hardest way to say goodbye It's quite a fitting picture though For your friendship it was hollow inside The five stages of mourning Well, they do not quite apply For the stage of denial I've been living that the entire time