Best Friend
Embracing Solace: Finding Home in Companionship
Lyrics
There’s a silence
Expressing a moment of silence
I was fighting
Describing a personal struggle
Alone
Feeling isolated
But you found me
Someone has found the speaker
And it feels like
Feeling a sense of comfort and familiarity
Coming home
The comfort feels like coming home
But man, I wish you could see it
Wishing the other person could understand
I’ve been running from these demons
Running away from inner struggles
On the inside
Demons represent internal challenges
(the inside)
Emphasizing the internal nature of the struggles
But when it’s just you and me
The speaker and the person being addressed
And I’m not afraid of my feelings
Being open about emotions when together
I’ll be alright
Assurance of being okay
I’m falling out of love with the idea of being alone
Fall out of love with the idea of solitude
‘Cuz now it’s just your voice inside my head like a megaphone
The other person's influence is strong
You tell me I’m enough
Assurance from the other person
I hope you’re right
Hope for the assurance to be true
I want to say it back
Desire to reciprocate the assurance
A hundred times
Expressing the desire multiple times
We were 23
Referring to a specific age
You know I waited to say it
Waiting for the right moment to express something
But now I
Feeling like oneself again
Feel like myself again
Significant positive change
And it means everything
Emphasizing the importance of the change
I used to daydream of saying
Past dreams of being completely authentic
That I’m 100% of what I was
Expressing a desire for self-improvement
Back then
Comparing the present self to the past
I feel better now
Repetition emphasizing the improved state
I feel better now
-I feel better now
-I feel better now
-I’m falling out of love with the idea of being alone
Repetition of earlier themes
‘Cuz now it’s just your voice inside my head like a megaphone
-You tell me I’m enough
-I hope you’re right
-I want to say it back
-A hundred times
-I’m falling out of love with the idea of being alone
-Every now and then I need a friend who can lead me home
-You tell me I’m enough
-I hope you’re right
-I want to say it back
-A hundred times
-I hope you’re right (4x)
Repetition of the hope for assurance
I’m falling out of love with the idea of being alone
Repetition and variation of earlier themes
‘Cuz now it’s just your voice inside my head like a megaphone
-You tell me I’m enough
-I hope you’re right
-I want to say it back
-A hundred times
-I’m falling out of love with the idea of being alone
-Every now and then I need a friend who can lead me home
-You tell me you’re in love
-I hope you’re right
-I want to say it back
-A hundred times
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