Thick Skin

Back then it was so easy loving you I had nothing in this world better to do Than to hold you, to kiss you But time has ran away with us, and the you I knew Is different and so am I It seems that all we have are memories to get us by You want me to wrap my mind around the past To hold onto how I felt about you after all these years have passed But I can’t pretend that everything is the same I can’t pretend that after we have changed That we can have all of that back All of the love that you said you never had When I begged for answers and you left me with questions Turned your back because you were scared leaving me with the assumptions That you never meant anything that you said Let me hate you for so long for something you never did And I can’t chase you now, I can’t offer to be there My responsibility lies with someone new, and to betray her Would be the worst thing I could take away from all of this After everything we’ve ...

You were my best friend when nobody else would stand beside me You gave me confidence when everyone else degraded me I got picked on and made fun of but you always had my back Always making a joke out of it to make me laugh Telling me to own it, to always be myself No matter what people called me, no matter what everyone else Thought about me, you knew what was underneath The tough defensive exterior that I showed the world, you knew beneath All of that anger was somebody worth talking to And just one voice telling me it would be okay was enough so I have to thank you And all of these are just words that I never said And you never know when it’s too late, when one of your friends must rest his head Forever. It’s the longest measurement of time It’s how long we said we would always be friends, forever is a long time And even though you’re gone I’ll never forget what you’d given me When nobody else would waste their time on me When everyone made fun o...