No Below

You didn't know me when you were a kid

In trouble at school, alone at lunch again

I didn't know you when I broke my knee

Spent the summer on crutches and everybody teased

Except for this one friend I almost forgot

You didn't know me, but he knew me best

The weight of my brain and my fear of my cold head

You never saw me interred in the ice

My friend tried to melt, but he couldn't thaw me out right

So I got ditched freezing alone with my thoughts

And though I once said I was better off as bein' dead

Better off as bein' dead without my old friend

True, I once said I was better off as bein' dead

But I didn't know you yet

You didn't know me, but you got cold too

And your mind was heavy, and you thought you might lose it

Well, everything fucked up, we both felt before

I'm glad for it all if it got us where we are

With you in the boat there, I almost forgot

How I once said I was better off as bein' dead

Better off as bein' dead, I didn't know you yet

And you might've said you were better off just bein' dead

But I'm lookin' out for you, my friend, I'm lookin'

I didn't know you when you were a kid

But swimmin' with you, it sure feels like I did