Seventeen years is too soon, they'd say—

Were it anyone else.

But those seventeen years were ours.

And now these nights feel cold and hollow,

You're not curled up beside me.

I forget how to breathe,

Too busy crying instead of sleeping

This pain just keeps building and building

And it feels like I'm drowning and drowning

I'm tired of pretending and pretending

I'm keeping this short and simple,

Because every little thing reminds me of you.

I'm constantly looking over for something, anything

Now all that's left are the memories

I'll look for the Shadows where you roam

Right here in this home

After seventeen long years,

I knew this day would come, and I've dreaded it all my life.

Is it greedy or selfish that I wish we could've had more time?

I pleaded and begged for just a little more

But my pleading cries were ignored

Now, even still,

I'm too busy crying instead of sleeping

Now, even still,

This pain just keeps building and building

God, now even still,

It feels like I'm drowning and drowning

Even still

I'm so tired of pretending and pretending

I'm keeping this short and simple,

Because every little thing reminds me of you.

I'm constantly looking over for something, anything,

Now all that's left are the memories.

I'll look for the Shadows where you roam

Right here in this home

They say time will ease what it's torn apart,

But time doesn't live in my chest—this hole in my heart.

I hear your paws in the hallway at night,

But it's just the silence, echoing light.

I'd give all my tomorrows for one more day,

Just to watch you curl up and peacefully drift away.

I'm keeping this short and simple,

Because every little thing reminds me of you.

I'm constantly looking over for something, anything,

Now all that's left are the memories.

I'll look for the Shadows where you roam

Right here in this home

And one day, I'll find you again.

Just like you did all those, seventeen, long years ago,

My dear friend.