I tried to explain
I was doing my best
I had not promised more,
and had not promised less.
But I guess that you missed
The part where I said
I can’t promise perfection
It’s a skill I don’t have.
And you wanted more
Than I found I could give.
And so once again
You told me I’d done wrong
But this time I couldn’t
Just stand there and take
Your anger in telling me
My friendship was fake
I’d stood there before
And taken the blow
I’d said I was sorry
More times than I know
I’d said I’d do better
Never blamed you at all
And each time it happened
I couldn’t stand tall
I didn’t tell you
How often it hurt
When we’d talk of the things
That meant so much to me
And you’d turn around
And treat them like dirt
I never said how I felt
That a friendship should be
Support at all times
Not only when the world
Has you down on your knees
You always expected
Me to be right there
But when one person
Gives more
Is it really that fair?
I’d give and you’d take
And I’d never get back
So often I felt
Belittled
So you could have a laugh
So this last time around
When you turned on me
I said I was done
That was it, I was free.
No more saying I’m sorry
When you’re half at fault
No more fearing the next time
You’d open that vault
And pull out your grievances
All in a line
And list them against me
That was the last time.
And yet though I know
That I made the right choice
I can’t say how it hurts
To be letting you go
For despite all the pain
That you’ve brought recently
There were also good times
Had between you and me
I tried for so long
To hold on to those times
And I thought I could live
On those long-lost weekends
When all that we shared
Were some smiles and laughs
I though that those memories
Could make us last
That they would pull me through
And keep our ties strong
In spite of the times
That you made me cry
But sometimes its plain
That things have to end
That something is wrong
When you’re hurt by a friend.
There was nothing more to do
Nothing more I could try
And so with all my love
I’m saying goodbye
I won’t regret the fact
That I ever knew you
And our friendship is something
I’d never undo
But today you’ve gone your way
And I have gone mine
But I wish you the best
On the trails you may find.
