Dear Friend
Eternal Echoes: Navigating Loss and Remembrance in Building Rockets' 'Dear Friend'
Lyrics
I should be able to say that I remember it like yesterday
I should vividly recall the past like it happened recently.
But I guess my nightmares go away
Nightmares from the past are gradually fading away.
A little more with each break of day
The emotional impact lessens a bit more with each new day.
I know how I reacted, but I can't feel how it felt when it happened
Can remember my actions but can't fully grasp the emotions felt during the event.
I've got your name tattooed on my shoulder
I have a tattoo of your name on my shoulder.
But is it time or life or this world that's made me colder?
Wondering if time, life, or the world has made me emotionally distant.
Sometimes I wanna miss you like it's the day right after
Sometimes I wish I could miss you as if it were the day right after.
I wanna be able to reminisce and hear your laughter
Desire to reminisce and hear your laughter again.
I'm so sorry that there's days that I don't think about you
Regret for days when I don't actively think about you.
You don't deserve that and the world didn't deserve you
Expressing sorrow for your undeserved fate and the world's loss.
There's things that remind like butterflies and that song from your MySpace
Various things trigger memories, like butterflies and a song from your MySpace.
I hear your Mom is doing great
News about your mom doing well.
And I know she makes sure your little brother knows your face
Your mom ensures your little brother remembers your face.
It's been fourteen years since the text got deleted
It's been fourteen years since a text got deleted (possibly a missed invitation).
It was an invitation, I should have been there I could have been there
Regret for not being there despite the invitation.
Sometimes I wanna miss you like it's the day right after
Expressing the desire to miss you as if it were the day after your departure.
I wanna be able to reminisce and hear your laughter
Yearning to reminisce and hear your laughter again.
I'm so sorry that there's days that I don't think about you
Apology for days when thoughts of you don't actively cross my mind.
You don't deserve that and the world didn't deserve you
Reiterating the undeserved nature of your fate and the world's loss.
Next year on your birthday you'd be thirty, we're all grown up now
Imagining your thirtieth birthday next year and acknowledging adulthood.
I'd like to think we would have kept in touch when life got in the way
Speculating on maintaining contact despite life's interruptions.
But now I keep up with our friends from my computer
Keeping up with friends through the computer.
Maybe I should call them, I should call them
Contemplating the idea of calling these friends.
Sometimes I wanna miss you like it's the day right after
Expressing the wish to miss you as if it were the day after.
I wanna be able to reminisce and hear your laughter
Longing to reminisce and hear your laughter once more.
I'm so sorry that there's days that I don't think about you
Apology for days when thoughts of you aren't actively in my mind.
You don't deserve that and the world didn't deserve you
Reiterating the undeserved nature of your fate and the world's loss.
There's things that remind me
Various things still serve as reminders.
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