I must have been sleeping
I must have been drinking
I haven't been dreaming about you for years
There was a sharp turn and a sunburn
I was too cool for high school that year
That year

It must have have been new years
No one invited you
You took things too far
But I missed you and your antics
You were lonesome and blue eyed
And so special to us

You should have taken a long break
Instead of a long drop from a high place
Ten years I never spoke your name
Now it feels good to say it
Your my friend again

Said, he forgave you, I said, I hated you
He was the bigger man, I was sixteen
All the innocence it took for
You to finally made the year book that year
That year

You could have taken some time away
Instead of a long drop, instead of a leap of faith
Ten years I never spoke your name
Now it feels good to say that
Your my friend again
Your my friend again

I was angry, I was a Baptist
I was a daughter, I was wrong


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That Year Lyrics as written by Phillip John Hanseroth Brandi M. Carlile

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    Saw her perform in Dallas in early March. This was the best song I have ever seen performed. It was absolutely amazing. Everyone in the audience was completely silent and just was at total peace. Everyone in the audience was wiping their eyes as well.

    It's definitely about one of her best friends in high school that committed suicide, and she was really angry about it and didn't even want to think about him because she was so pissed off at him rather than making peace with him and forgiving him which she says at the end of the song that she did, "now it feels good to say that your my friend again. your my friend again."

    tjones1209on April 19, 2010   Link

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