Toxic Friend

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAjmRRzK9aQ&t=14s

There was there is there’ll always be a place in my life for you close to me
But if I step back it’s because I feel you’re my toxic friend and I need to heal
And it saddens me that I have to say over time I’ve come to see the way
We communicate is deeply flawed and that awareness cannot be ignored
But I thank you for the company as we walked a path together
Caring for others maybe not for us now we’re under the weather
The changes that the years have wrought and brought can’t be denied
So much has changed that’s led me to decide

The road we’re on right now for me seems just like a dead end
And though you’re still so dear to me I no longer can pretend
I have your back you don’t have mine and I can’t comprehend
Was it me who changed or you but you’ve become my toxic friend
I don’t think that you did intend to consciously offend
If I tried to talk about it it would send you round the bend
Self-examination you will not apprehend
So I think it’s time to detox from my dear but toxic friend

Thirty-three years can it really be since I saw you and you smiled at me
Long learning journey just begun tough lessons yes but so much fun
But over time I’ve seen you hide from hurts you nurture deep inside
Amazing things you’ve done and do but how long can you run from you
And while you do you’re unaware of our communication
Our talks for so long haven’t been a two way conversation
You talk and talk till finally as afterthought it’s how’ve you been
Yes once it was a joke but now it’s old and broke

And the road we’re on right now for me seems just like a dead end
And though you’re still so dear to me I no longer can pretend
I have your back you don’t have mine and I can’t comprehend
Was it me who changed or you but you’ve become my toxic friend
I don’t think that you did intend to consciously offend
If I tried to talk about it it would send you round the bend
Self-examination you will not apprehend
So I think it’s time to detox from my dear but toxic friend
Yes I think it’s time to detox from my dear but toxic friend
Yes I think it’s time to detox from my dear but toxic friend
Yes I think it’s time to detox
From my dear but toxic friend