THERE’S NO I IN BETRAYAL

BACK IN SCHOOL THEY NEVER TAUGHT US WHAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW, LIKE HOW TO DEAL WITH

FOR TWELVE YEARS I’VE HELD IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT A NIGHT LIKE THIS IS BEGGING TO PULL ME APART.

I PLAYED IT QUIET, LEFT YOU DEEP IN CONVERSATION.I FELT UNCOOL AND HUNG OUT AROUND THE KITCHEN.

I REMEMBER THINKING I KNOW

KILL YOU

DESPAIR,

BEST FRIEND COULD

YOU NEVER WOULD,AND NOW I KNOW I WANT TO

LIKE ONLY A

I REMEMBER THINKING I KNOW

KILL YOUBEST FRIEND COULD

I started something I couldn’t finish

best friends means, well best friends meansand if we go down, we go down together

well I can’t regret, can’t you just forget it?

AND NOW I KNOW I WANT TO

EVERYONE’S CAUGHT ON TO EVERYTHING YOU DO.

EVERYONE’S CAUGHT ON TO...

EVERYONE’S CAUGHT ON TO EVERYTHING YOU DO.

broken down in bars and bathrooms all I did was what I had to

don’t believe me when I tell youit’s just what anyone would do

“JESSE, STAY

ASLEEP IN BED.”

AS IF THIS HAPPENING WASN’T ENOUGH,

I GOT TO GO AND WRITE A SONG JUST TO REMIND

MYSELF HOW BAD IT SUCKED.

IGNORE THE SUN, THE COVER’S OVER MY HEAD.

I WROTE A MESSAGE ON MY PILLOW THAT SAYS,

live without ittake the time to talk about it, think a lot and

CHOKEI HOPE YOU

ANDDIESO DON’T APOLOGIZE.

SEARCH YOUR CELL FOR SOMETHING WITH WHICH TO HANG YOURSELF.

THEY SAY YOU NEED TO PRAY IF YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVENBUT THEY DON’T TELL YOU WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR WHOLE LIFE

HAS GONE TO HELL.

it’s something unforgivable CHOKEand I’ve got a twenty-dollar bill that says you’re up late night starting fist fights versus fences in your backyard wearing your black eye like a badge of honor

from friends who never loved you nearly half as much as mesoaking in sympathy

don’t believe me when I say

AND I CAN’T LET YOU, LET ME

DOWN AGAIN.

EVERYONE’S CAUGHT ]EVERYTHING YOU DO.

EVERYONE’S CAUGHT ON TOAND I CAN’T LET YOU, LET ME

DOWN AGAIN.

EVERYONE’S CAUGHT ]EVERYTHING YOU DO.

it’s just what anyone would dodon’t believe me when I tell you

all I did was what I had to

11-YEAR-OLD KIDS

JELLYFISH

SO IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL A GETAWAY? TELL ME WHAT YOU

GOT AWAY WITH.

CAUSE I’VE SEEN MORE SPINE IN

I’VE SEEN MORE GUTS IN

those words at best were worse than teenage poetry fragment ideas and too many pronouns stop it, come on you’re not making sense now

WINDSHIELDTHROUGH THEWHEN YOUR HEAD GOES

AND AGAINYOU FORGET YOUR SEATBELTON ALL THE ROADS

DRIVE YOURSELF

HOME

AND

HAVE ANOTHER

DRINK

I HOPE THERE’S ICEAND YOU CAN THINK OF ME WHEN

this is me with the words on the tip of my tongue and my eye through the scope down the barrel of a gunremind me not to ever act this way again

BUT I FOLDED AND I TOLDTHESE AREN’T THINGS I

SAVED TO SINK YOU

AND I WILLBUT I FOLDED, I TOLDSO DRAW OR

THROW

BEST FRIEND’SBEST FRIENDS

EXPLODE

IT’S FUNNY HOW YOUR WORST ENEMIES ALWAYS SEEM TO

TURN OUT TO BE ALL OF YOUR

you’ve had your chance and folded don’t hold your breath because you’ll only make things worse

END THISCONVERSATIONANDSO LET’S END THIS CALL

IN THE SMALL OF MY BACK

AND IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL TACT?YOU’RE AS SUBTLE AS A BRICK

is this what you call tact?I swear you’re as subtle as the brick in the small of my backso let’s end this call, and end this conversationthere’s nothing worse

I swear, you have no ideathe jealousy that became me thinkingthat you always had it way too easy

CAUSE YOU LEFT THE FRAYSWELL TELL ME WHAT YOU GOT AWAY WITH

FROM THE TIES YOU SEVEREDWHEN YOU SAY BEST FRIENDS MEANS

SO IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL A GETAWAY?

FRIENDSFOREVER

best friends means I pulled the trigger, best friends means you get what you deserve

best friends means I pulled the trigger, best friends means you get what you deserve

best friends means I pulled the trigger, best friends means you get what you deserve

best friends means I pulled the trigger, best friends means you get what you deserve