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Sorry To A Friend Lyrics
Sittin’ on the edge
Looking for songs in a bottle
And talking with strangers who don’t know my pain
Blurry eyed and burned out
Choking on more than I can swallow
A crack in a little voice, it calls out my name
She said “Whatever happened to you?”
“You took the cowards way out again”
And I guess all my fears were true
The words are all gone
The times been too long
It’s not too late to say
“I’m sorry to a friend”
Staring in her face
I see a past that still haunts me
The road where we split up is paved with the things I didn’t say
We had wonderful times, but terrible timing
Just leave them alone; I’d just be in her way
She said “Whatever happened to you?”
“You took the cowards way out again”
And I guess all my fears were true
The words are all gone
The times been too long
It’s not too late to say
“I’m sorry to a friend”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Like a stone in a stream
Life smoothes all our edges
Till we barely make a ripple anymore
And those times in my life
Live with me forever
But, we’re not the same people that we were before
And I’m sorry for the smiles we missed
The times that I blew it
And I’ve got so much to tell you; I don’t know where to start
Maybe I’ll find a way, maybe you’ll help me do it
‘Cuz friends like us, should not be apart
She said “Whatever happened to you”
“You took the cowards way out, again”
And I guess all my fears were true
The words are all gone
The times been too long
Its not too late to say
“I’m sorry to a friend”
And I’m sorry
Looking for songs in a bottle
And talking with strangers who don’t know my pain
Blurry eyed and burned out
Choking on more than I can swallow
A crack in a little voice, it calls out my name
She said “Whatever happened to you?”
“You took the cowards way out again”
And I guess all my fears were true
The words are all gone
The times been too long
It’s not too late to say
“I’m sorry to a friend”
I see a past that still haunts me
The road where we split up is paved with the things I didn’t say
We had wonderful times, but terrible timing
Just leave them alone; I’d just be in her way
She said “Whatever happened to you?”
“You took the cowards way out again”
And I guess all my fears were true
The words are all gone
The times been too long
It’s not too late to say
“I’m sorry to a friend”
Life smoothes all our edges
Till we barely make a ripple anymore
And those times in my life
Live with me forever
But, we’re not the same people that we were before
The times that I blew it
And I’ve got so much to tell you; I don’t know where to start
Maybe I’ll find a way, maybe you’ll help me do it
‘Cuz friends like us, should not be apart
“You took the cowards way out, again”
And I guess all my fears were true
The words are all gone
The times been too long
Its not too late to say
“I’m sorry to a friend”
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Okay....this song is probably one of the best acoustic arrangements I have heard in several years. D/L the acoustic version!!
This song isn't about the 'falling in love'. It's about the after effects of falling for someone. So much depth here, almost unbelievable that it can be captured in a song. It's about the things that you share with someone that you love and are in a relationship with....and then....after it ends, those things don't mean the same. I.E. "We're not the same people that we were before," and "The words are all gone." But at the same time, you almost wish they did....because you're back at the starting point, which is being excited about starting something new..."I've got so much to tell you....don't know where to start. Maybe I'll find a way, maybe you'll help me do it." I've been there, we all have. The song is basically about the duality of past relationships......while you loved them, you hate them.....and as much as we think they're behind us there is still a piece of them that will live on forever and make us who we are.
This song is about a guy who fell in love with the unavailable girl. He couldn't have her, and he couldn't stand to be around her knowing she'd never be his, so all he could do was disappear. But he never got over her, and he never forgave himself.