For Matt Lyrics

You were skinnier than most.
A childhood surgery left a permanent frog in your throat.
We were no strangers to ridicule, but that was high-school.
People start out as kids and kids are meant to be cruel.

You were always writing a story.
A failed novelist with some non-fiction fantasy.
That spiral notebook under your arm is now a casket for characters that have no end.
They never will.

You were my friend.
Wish I could say to both of our ends.
The paper said you went surrounded by your loved ones in bed.
I hope that's true.
Not for the sake of my guilt, but for the sake of you.

Remember when we were kids?
We'd sit in your room all day long, listening to Weird Al Yankovic and Billy Joel. Remember when you wrote him that letter
and asked him who really started the fire and he wrote you back?
You couldn't believe it.

You were my friend.
Wish I could say to both of our ends.
The paper said you went surrounded by your family and friends.
I hope that's true.
Not for the sake of my guilt, but for the sake of you.

I'm sorry that I wasn't around when they lowered your body into the ground.
I was scared.

We all thought the reason to worry was gone, but it turns out that it never left.
It stuck with you longer than your so-called friend.