Friends for Fools

Caught in a dream of when we made a team

With the fullness of life we were toying

Circa 16 with the future unseen

Just the common ground we're enjoying

I remember flying high with you at night

And never a moment was boring

But I think you know why I let you go

As trouble and tension intensified

I'm looking forward now

In passing time it feels like it's overdue

It is not worth my while

To hate you like I sometimes think I do

If all my former friends were fools

Cutting my teeth on the Swedish retreat

Was that when you most found me annoying?

Belittling me, I could hardly believe

All the friendship that you were destroying

I abandoned all my warm feelings for you

They didn't return in the morning

Cos you pushed and shoved 'till I could not love you

And then it was left for me to cry

I'm looking forward now

To raise my head up and smile away the tears

It is not worth my while

To hate you like I think I've done for years

If all my former friends were fools

Why should I think of you?

I'm looking forward now

And have no cause to ever wish you harm

But is it plausible

For you to call me up and fall into my arms

If all my former friends were fools

Maybe I still love you?

Who feels abandonment too?

And who is punishing who?

And what's this distance in the middle?

I don't know

Oh I don't know why

Oh I don't know why