You say you want a friend
You say it like you mean it well
But still you don't repent what you've done
You say you are a friend
and thusly one on whom I should depend
But still you just pretend
All these winks and faint remarks
and moves and words of seeming care
How d'you ever think I could let go
of you standing right there?
Now I'm done, I have paved your way
to the one you claim will save your day
What do you need me for now?
What can I do for you now?
Am I still in there somehow?
You should know, I'll be waiting
though I seem to be hating
While I'm gone you are always in my heart
It's no easy deal
when you find yourself concealing
a growing sense of bitterness and woe
Do you know the pain
of having to ignore the one you love?
If I didn't care I would be there
All this time so cleverly blind
you walked right past with love off mind
Once I fled your mind you seized your chance
for some easier find
Still you will appear in my dreams
and float along my inner streams
So I won't even say goodbye
I will stand and wait
and hope you will see why
So, if what you say is true
- how can you still put me through
this endless yearning for you?
I'm now on terms, with how you let me down and left me cold
Unconcernedly, cheeply sold for a moment of endorsement on demand
It's not love that you're in for
It cried at your front door
Your deceit will remain forever more
credits
from Unfairy Tales,
released August 16, 2012
Fredrik Andersson
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