Friends Lyrics

Lyric discussion by whoson1st0 

Cover art for Friends lyrics by Police, The

I suppose the lyrics could be taken metaphorically, but I believe it is quite simply a song about a person who kills and eats people, making it a gruesome, darkly humorous and quite unique song.

Seems he has that Punk influence, that is Andy Summers (the writer). The wiki says that "The B side, "Friends", was written by Andy Summers and is inspired by Stranger in a Strange Land, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein."