Do you really know your friends? Ha, I used to think the same thing

I love you in a place, where there's no space and time

(come on)

I love you for my life, cause you're a friend of mine

I love you in a place, where there's no space and time

(when you're up against the wall, will they get you?)

I love you for my life, cause you're a friend of mine

Have you ever been betrayed? That shit's the worst hit of pain

When somebody you loved can't look you in your face

And have you ever had your heart torn out by somebody you thought was your friend

And now your trust is worn down or bought to an end

No pardons can mend it when you're darkened within

Fuck cause & effect, it's a hard fate to take, and your reasons don't soften the sin

Your dogs can bark for you, but you gotta watch when you argue

Cause dogs will bite and snarl at you, just to remind you that they're harmful

I feel awful, I'm a mental case, shattered to pieces and I've got a palm full

Past law school and beyond consul

Cause you've crossed the bar with me, farther than I've ever thought possible

My choice is now mandatory and not optional

Don't ever speak another sentence to me, ever mention me

I don't exist, convince yourself you invented me

You've committed the crime of the century

And just cause loyalty ain't a trait you possess, Don't think that I'll lessen the penalty

What's your name again, I know I knew it 2 seconds ago

But I don't recognize this second face, though to the first it's identical

You were the type that I put on a pedestal, your acts were commendable

But the bond of friendship isn't impenetrable

And inevitably the blunt force of ego proved lethal

To a good person forced to wallow in the shit of evil people

Fundamentally filled with avarice, a cheat from the soul

Spending their lives to make sure that you ain't achieving your goals

Unreasonable kings that want to see you jump through rings of fire

For their own amusement, holding nooses, hoping trees are higher

So abusive towards you that truce just doesn't seem required

Cause why play the game when you can make the other team retire?

Strings are tirelessly pulled in your favour as you play the rumor creator

Twisting words 'til they sound like statements you made up

With a big grin you soak it all in, as former friends

Go face to face with contradicting convictions

Plots are thickening, cause you pitched in, you feel important now?

Must've been high as a kite from snorting clouds

Sorta proud of yourself, and the way you hold your ground

Distastefully wore the shroud, how's it feel to have puppets to order 'round?

But I saw through you, even before I found

How you would say 'no beef', give me a dap, and hit me with a quarter-pound

Your loyalty's watered down, bottled with a squirt cap

But when the drama popped off, where the fuck are you to plug the cork back

Men are as harsh as women are vindictive

Picking apart minutiae on some bitch shit, kids all in your business

Forget honesty, nowadays you'll be lucky to find that quality

In a drama odyssey where cats never react responsibly

And I'm jostling with haters, hypocrites and hypochondriacs

Abolishing their dated ignorance and fighting copycats

And if I don't give my patience a rest

I'll probably take my anger to death, complaining about some pain in my chest

Aged and distressed, thinking 'bout who just fucked me over 20 years ago

Amazing how pricks can miss your skin, yet pierce your soul

But where's the line at? Like where does loyalty appear to fold

And what do you owe someone and just what do you feel you're owed?

But yo, you know when you've been done wrong, that numb calm

A breach in the moral code's eternally portable

The moral of the story's old, even if it's poorly told

Beware of cats that straddle fences like the chain-link rodeo