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A Better Friend

from 50​/​90 2019 by John Vermeersch

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Wrote this one a few days ago. Tried to give it sort of a Big Star chorus melody. Also inspired by some of the songs I used to hear my dad play. I'm conflicted on it. I like it but I think it's a little cheesy.

lyrics

Verse 1:
I had an awful night
Singing songs you used to like
Hopelessly hoping for more time

I wanna meet again
I wanna be your biggest fan
And the lead singer of your band

Pre-Chorus:
Unsevered, forever
Like I'd imagined
I've had many fantasies
Where we were like best friends

Chorus:
If a star should leave the sky
It might not burn out bright
It doesn't mean it wasn't ever there

If a day should pass me by
I can't go back again
I wish I'd been a better friend

Verse 2:
Our temporary lives
Are as fragile as our pride
Good plans get pushed off to the side

I wish that you could stay
One more technicolor day
Although I don't know what I'd say

Pre-Chorus:
Though it's useless, I still regret
Not trying harder to know you
I had many fantasies
But none of them came true

Chorus:
If a star should leave the sky
It might not burn out bright
It doesn't mean it wasn't ever there

If a day should pass me by
I can't go back again
I wish I'd been a better friend

*solo*

Chorus:
If a star should leave the sky
It might not burn out bright
It doesn't mean it wasn't ever there

If a day should pass me by
I can't go back again
I wish I'd been a better friend

credits

from 50​/​90 2019, track released July 24, 2019
John Vermeersch: guitar, vocal, bass, keyboard, drum samples

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