Friendshift Lyrics

You were the only one I would adventure with

We had no cares, there was no script

We were constantly in each other's company

Just like a true bestest friend should be

I thought you'd be my companion evermore

Side by side the world beholding

But it's not that way anymore

Our journeys separately unfolding

The years sped by and we were awkward teens

Together in highs and lows and in-betweens

Late-night heart-to-hearts; jostling to belong

Our lives interwove, and our friendship grew strong

From baby, child, then to teen

Side-by-side we'd always been

So we thought it would always be

Then you had to leave for your degree

A life without our friendship would be too strange

We made a promise that nothing would change

I had new classes 'n friends, and you had yours too

They filled my time, they're more present than you

Life moved at double speed, no time for yesterday

Intentions to connect slipped along the way

I thought you'd be my companion evermore

Side by side the world beholding

But it's not that way anymore

Our journeys separately unfolding

Intentions to connect, intentions to relive, intentions to be an adult

Waking to find my life on a different street in a different house

What happened to "the way things are"

Did they leave me forever

Did the world leap out of the hedgerow and deal me a blow

And whatever became of my perpetually school-age friends

Decades gone: we meet again by chance

Do you still remember me? Yes, in any circumstance

I take your hand and we cut right through the years

Our friendship's worth its joyous weight in tears

I thought you'd be my companion evermore

Side by side the world beholding

Though it's not the same anymore

Our journeys never cease unfolding