What does friend mean to you? A word so wrongfully abused Are you like me, confused? All included but you Alone The sounds of silence often soothe Shapes and colors shift with mood Pupils widen, change their hue Rapid brown avoid clear blue Why's it have to be this way? Be this way, be this way Be this way, be this way Be this way Flowers watched through wide eyes bloom A child sings an unclaimed tune Innocence spins cold cocoon Grow to see the pain too soon Why's it have to be this way? Be this way, be this way Be this way, be this way Be this way At 7 AM On a Tuesday in August Next week I'll be 28 I'm still young, it'll be me Off the wall, I scraped you I gotta wake, it comes this way I can't wait no more It comes this way (it comes this way) To drown this ache To reinstate (Everyone dead, everyone) (You put me through) Take your place (Put me through hell) Heaven direct your shape (Heaven direct) You see I can do it so well Your expiration date Your expiration date Fate, date Expiration date This one is gonna last too, hate Never gonna fuck with me again My own clean slate Don't fuck with me again Makes your eyes dilate Makes you shake Irate