That Year

Album: Give Up the Ghost (2009)
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  • I must have been sleeping
    I must have been drinking
    I haven't been dreaming about you for years
    There was a sharp turn and a sunburn
    I was too cool for high school that year
    That year

    It must have have been new years
    No one invited you
    You took things too far
    But I missed you and your antics
    You were lonesome and blue eyed
    And so special to us

    You should have taken a long break
    Instead of a long drop from a high place
    Ten years I never spoke your name
    Now it feels good to say it
    Your my friend again

    Said, he forgave you, I said, I hated you
    He was the bigger man, I was sixteen
    All the innocence it took for
    You to finally made the year book that year
    That year

    You could have taken some time away
    Instead of a long drop, instead of a leap of faith
    Ten years I never spoke your name
    Now it feels good to say that
    Your my friend again
    Your my friend again

    I was angry, I was a Baptist
    I was a daughter, I was wrong Writer/s: Brandi M. Carlile, Phillip John Hanseroth, Timothy Jay Hanseroth
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Loretta from ArkansasThis song is so powerful to me because I have struggled with suicidal ideations. It is poignant and beautiful.
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