Best Friend
Cold Remnants: Echoes of Abandoned Friendship
Lyrics
Now you wanna be my best friend again
Receiving a request to renew a friendship.
Call me after two years and then
Contacting after a two-year gap.
Cry about your bad luck with men
Expressing distress about unsuccessful relationships with men.
And ask me how the fuck have I been
Asking about the other person's well-being in a somewhat harsh manner.
You know I want to tell you you're dumb
Feeling the desire to criticize or admonish the person.
I wish that I could hate that you called
Wishing to dislike the fact that the person reached out.
You said you'd hope you see me this Fall
Referencing a promise to meet in autumn but expressing a lack of interest in meeting.
But I don't wanna see you at all
Unwillingness to see the person at all.
Oh yeah, no-one knows that feeling
Feeling unknown and misunderstood by others.
Oh you wish that you chose me
The person regrets not choosing the singer.
So I'm going to be cold
Intending to act distant or aloof.
So I'm going to be cold
Reaffirming the decision to be emotionally distant.
And now you're trying to make you go back
Attempting to revert to a previous state of intimacy or friendship.
To whispers in the middle of class
Recalling moments of secrecy or sharing in a classroom setting.
You told me I was made for your love
The person claimed the singer was perfect for their love, but they weren't available when needed.
But every time I need you, you pass
Feeling disappointment as the person repeatedly let them down.
You know that I just wish it was fine
Wishing things could be better despite the situation.
And you know you sound like her sometimes
Comparing the person to someone else and how their actions resemble that person.
And everything you do just reminds me
Everything the person does serves as a reminder of their lack of support.
Of how you couldn't stand by my side
Reflecting on the person's inability to stand by the singer's side.
Oh you know I know that feeling
Understanding the feeling the other person is experiencing.
Oh you wish that you chose me
Desiring to have been chosen by the person.
So I'm going to be cold
Choosing to emulate the coldness displayed by the other person.
So I'm going to be cold
Reaffirming the decision to adopt a cold attitude.
Just like you told me so
Emulating the behavior as advised or shown by the person.
Just like you told me so
Reiterating the emulation of the other person's actions.
Now you wanna be my best friend (the back)
Repetition of the desire to become best friends again.
You wanna be my best friend (of class)
Reiteration of the wish to be best friends.
Now you wanna be my best friend (your love)
Continued emphasis on wanting to be best friends.
You wanna be my best friend (the past)
Repeating the desire to rekindle the friendship from the past.
It's not my fault, not my fault you need me
Declaring innocence in the other person's need for the singer.
I've picked up, I've picked up my pieces
Claiming to have moved on and gathered oneself.
I've given up, given up on reason
Abandoning logic or rationale due to the situation.
I told myself, I don't care you're leaving
Resolving not to care about the other person's departure.
It's not my fault, not my fault you need me
Reaffirming innocence in the other person's need for the singer.
When I've picked up, I've picked up my pieces
Asserting having moved on and gathered oneself again.
I've given up, given up all reasons
Deciding to abandon all reasons or justifications.
I told myself I don't care you're leaving
Telling oneself that they don't care about the other person leaving.
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