We Are Not Friends

from North Pond by Ben Morris

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lyrics

No.
No.
We are not friends.
We are not friends.
I never called you friend.

And I will not pretend
Nor will I extend,
a hand to you,
or stand by you.

This quid pro quo... yes or no.
It's useless. Useless!

You can't just set me free.
You won't just let me be.
You don't care, it's not fair.
You're using me.

The letters you sent me
were only distractions
which served to prevent me
from more drastic actions.

Stuck and in pain here,
I had forgotten
that not much has changed here.
People are rotten.

We are not friends.
We are not friends.
I never called you friend.

There's nothing here to mend.
All we can do is end
the show, the maze
and go our ways.

You don't really know me,
and you never will.
There's nothing left to show me,
nothing to fulfill.

Do not think I hate you -
you mean nothing to me.
Did not mean to berate you,
but I just hoped that you might see.

Nobody will listen.
Out there, nobody can.
I hoped you'd learn to listen.
You can't, I understand.

All I ever wanted was silence.
Silence.
Silence.
Silence.
Silence...

credits

from North Pond, released March 1, 2017
Michael Hewitt - Joshua Knight

Likai He - Violin
Fanny Spangaro - Cello
Thomas Frey - Clarinet
Sohee Kwon - Piano
Nils Aardahl - Bass
Brady Spitz - Drums

Ben Morris - Composer/engineer
Will Inman - Lyrics