I changed my thoughts

just for you

I changed my lifestyle

just to prove

That I know you

That you know me

(This is how it should be

my friend)

We've grown old together

We've learned to weather

every season

every reason

To fall apart

You've been my balance

best friend

brother and fiend

You have taught me pain

taught me everything

I changed my programming

just for you

I changed my ideals

just to prove

That you matter in

this scheme of things

that you alone

and everything

you forced into my head

Have lingered

Then you were leaving

Now you're gone

Never telling what went wrong

How you went under

Succumbed to things

you made me strong

against

These years I've

been your shadow

Are they all wasted now?

These years you've

been my conscience

Do they even matter now?

All the days

we sat in silence

All the ways

we thought as one

All the torment

we shared in years gone by

The things we fought

Things we've become

The things we did

together

Things we did

Together

And I am left

to understand

alone

Wondering if you remember me

Wishing you'd come home