So Long

Apologies first and foremost

It's been years since I've called or wrote

It's funny how I ignore

The most vital thinking that we are always close

Lord knows that I never meant to forget

But my sense of sentiment, is inept

You were right it's evidential

I've been better with my instrumentals than friends

Here I am again, never learn

Can't return a call, show concern

At times I think of change, then again

I'm still writing letters that I never send

Can't make amends, can't reverse

All I got is pencils, pens and a verse

You deserve the years I disappeared

Now that's all, it's been...

[Chorus]

So long since I been without you

Remember me and you were like family?

No song could ever amount to

The memories that we had, can we

Hold on though this time is borrowed?

I'm away where you can't always stay

Go on though I cannot follow

But I swear you'll never hear me say

"So long."

I know it's a bit late to notice it

But today I flipped this in my photo picks

And there was one with me and you laughing

Our inside jokes were everlasting

Man you had to see it we had the biggest grins

Damn, we were the best of friends

No wishing we could say it in the present tense

But we begin every sentence with "remember when..."

And yeah, we had a blast but what about now?

The only time we chat is when I'm in town

Friends when convenient, I can't believe it

We were tight since back when mike was singing "beat it"

I mean it how could it come to this

Out of everyone I lost, of one I miss

Is you and only you, you were the truest comrade a homie knew

It's been...

[Chorus]

So long since I been without you

Remember me and you were like family?

No song could ever amount to

The memories that we had, can we

Hold on though this time is borrowed?

And I'm away where you can't always stay

Go on though I cannot follow

But I swear you'll never hear me say

"So long."

Hard to top a simple rule, not a single thought

Though my mind's aloof, and these shingles got but a single truth

That my life just stops when I'm missing you

Given to melancholy other days, staring at the skyline at the bay

Thought I saw your silhouette, felt the tears 'cause I know that you've been dead for seven years

Some bruises will never heal, when we realize that I'm still here

No matter what the burden that happened in the past

It's sad to let it burn the friendship that we had so let's

Value what we have left and just forget all of the past debts

Though I've done some things that I can't excuse

I hope you understand I'm still the man you knew

But thank you, I don't say yet enough but thank you

I know it's not enough to thank you but I'm grateful

No living creation could ever replace you

So I pray you and I will never stray to a place too far away to erase you

Though it's painful I remain strong

I'll stay faithful even though it's been...

[Chorus]

So long since I been without you

Remember me and you were like family?

No song could ever amount to

The memories that we had, can we

Hold on though this time is borrowed?

And I'm away where you can't always stay

Go on though I cannot follow

But I swear you'll never hear me say

"So long."

Apologies first and foremost

I gotta stop talking to your ghost

But you keep talking to me

These dreams that got me walking in my sleep

Please stop reminding me, can't subtract it, flashbacks did the accident

Broken glass, car window, broken as you fall into comatose

So I pray Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Will you say the only that matters most is in vain

The more you hold close the more it fades

The more it replays, more a curse

Here I am again, with my verses

You deserve the years I disappeared

Not a song, it's been...

[Chorus]

So long since I been without you

Remember me and you were like family?

No song could ever amount to

The memories that we had, can we

Hold on though this time is borrowed?

And I'm away where you can't always stay

Go on though I cannot follow

But I swear you'll never hear me say

"So long."