I Don’t Think We Can Be Friends

[Verse 1]
You were on the porch in that old gray hoodie
Laughing at a joke only we would get
I was holding on
But my hands felt guilty
Words in my throat that I’d rather forget

[Pre-Chorus]
You said
“We’re okay
Right?”
And I broke when I said
“Yeah”
’Cause I knew that I’d lied
To you and myself right there

[Chorus]
I’m sorry
Beau
For all the lines I blurred
The things I never said
For every almost that I left inside my head
I’m sorry
Beau
You didn’t ask for all this weight I put on us
And now I know
I don’t think we can be friends
(oh no)
I don’t think we can be friends

[Verse 2]
You were just a hand on my shoulder in crowds
Safe place on the worst kind of days
Then I started dreaming you saying vows
And it scared all the light out of my face

[Pre-Chorus]
You say
“We’re just friends
Right?”
And it cuts like a quiet knife
’Cause it’s killing me trying
To fit you in that shape of my life

[Chorus]
I’m sorry
Beau
For every time I stayed when I should’ve walked
For every night I prayed you would read my thoughts
I’m sorry
Beau
You never meant to break a heart you didn’t hold
But now I know
I don’t think we can be friends
(oh, my friend)
I don’t think we can be friends

[Bridge]
I wish I could fold it
All back into nothing
Go back to the movies
Back before I loved you
But I can’t unknow it
Can’t unhear my heart say your name

So I’ll leave you whole
By tearing me in two
’Cause staying close
Means I’m lying to you
You deserve a simple truth
Even if it burns us through

[Chorus]
I’m sorry
Beau
You were always there when the world felt rough
It’s not your fault that you were just enough
I’m sorry
Beau
If walking away is the kindest thing I do
I hope someday you’ll understand it too
And if this is how it ends
Then this is how it ends
I don’t think we can be friends
(oh Beau)
I don’t think we can be friends