Friends | Lyrics

I wrote "Friends" one warm summer day in London when it seemed as if the whole city decided to get on the same subway train as me to go out to the park, and of all the people surrounding me I didn't know a single one. I was thinking of all my friends at Gilman Street back in California, and I started singing to the rhythm of the train.

...Lawrence

Did you ever ride on a subway train
Beneath a great city could you feel the pain
Of people trapped in their separate ways
Too scared to even meet each other’s gaze
Or walk the streets in a giant crowd
And feel so alone you could cry out loud
For the friends you’ve left so far away
And the friends you’re still going to meet
Someday
And I carry your faces everywhere I go
You talk to me when I’m feeling low
I can’t forget you though we’re far apart
Cause you’re here in my memory and you live in my heart
Some people say that friends aren’t real
But they’ve never known the way I feel
When you learn to give and you live to share
You’ll find you’re never alone no matter where
Cause there’s something deep inside of you
That I know real well it’s inside of me too
And I carry your faces…