Friends Don't Exist

Tell me...

What is a friend?

Do they really exist?

Or is it only a beautiful illusion?

Hey...

Hey...

Who stays?

Who leaves?

When the sunshine fills the sky

Everybody wants your time

Laughing loud and standing near

Calling you their friend, sincere

But the moment storms arrive

Silence starts replacing light

Names disappear into the night

Like they never held you tight

Who is waiting?

Who remains?

When the colors start to fade?

Is it real?

Or pretend?

Where exactly does it end?

Maybe friendship's just a word

Spoken often, rarely earned

Maybe all we're chasing here

Is a dream that disappears

Friends don't exist...

Or do they?

Hands that wave can fade away

Promises dissolve one day

Only mothers hold you close

Only fathers help you grow

Brothers stand beside your fight

Partners stay through every night

Maybe everyone we meet

Is just walking down our street

Colleagues passing through our days

Then they slowly drift away

Friends don't exist...

Friends don't exist...

Or maybe... we've forgotten how.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

People gather, people smile

Sharing stories for a while

Coffee breaks and weekend plans

Fading like footprints in the sand

Social circles spin around

Faces changing, new are found

Yesterday they knew your name

Tomorrow nothing feels the same

If everyone disappears

When life becomes too hard...

Were they friends?

Or simply travelers

Walking beside you for a while?

Maybe family is the flame

That survives through every change

Maybe love is stronger still

Standing firm against the chill

Friends don't exist...

Or do they?

Only time can truly tell

Who will walk through heaven and hell

Mothers caring endlessly

Fathers building faithfully

Brothers lifting when you fall

Partners answering every call

Everyone else comes and goes

Like the changing winter snow

Maybe friendship's just a name

Given to a passing flame

Friends don't exist...

Friends don't exist...

Maybe somewhere, someone stays

Long beyond the easy days

Not because they have to be

But because they choose to see

Maybe that is all it means

Not perfection... not a dream

Not forever from the start

But someone guarding your heart

One more question...

One more chance...

Can friendship survive?

Friends don't exist!

Friends don't exist!

Friends don't exist!

Friends don't exist!

...Or maybe...

Real friends are simply

The rarest people you'll ever find.

Maybe the answer

Was never "yes"...

Or "no."

Maybe a friend

Isn't someone who says they're there...

It's the one

Who never leaves.

What is a friend?

Maybe you'll meet one...

Maybe you already did.