Only Love Can Break Your Heart Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mattkid4 

Cover art for Only Love Can Break Your Heart lyrics by Neil Young

indeed a good song

I think the "friend" he refers to is himself in happier times. I believe this is so because he refers to the "down" that this "friend" is experiencing. How true is this song though? In the end, the loss of money, power, and status are irrelevant unless you are truly in love with these things. The loss of true friendship or true love is the most painful feeling there is.