Foster the People
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Foster the People
Foster the People
Foster the People
“Best Friend” is a song about Mark Foster’s writer’s block. The “best friend” he is referring to in this song is his creativity and ability to write songs. He describes the revival of his imagination and prowess. It was the first song Mark wrote after overcoming this period of songwriting difficulty...
[Chorus]
When your best friend's all strung out
You do everything you can cause you're never gonna let it get 'em down
And you find it all around
It comes in waves, but it's hardest from the start
[Verse 1]
Feelings, sleeping in the field again
I can feel, I can feel, I can feel it's beginning to end
Yeah, premonitions smiling in the dark
Well I can see, I can see, I can see the story's starting to arc
Ohhh ohhhh ohhhh ohhhhh
[Pre Chorus 1]
It dries up
I've been a smoking word, I've been a river bed, I've been a rabid force
And let it flow out from within
Sometimes it feels like I only dream in black and white
And color's so oh
[Chorus]
When your best friend's all strung out
You do everything you can cause you're never gonna let it get 'em down
And you find it all around
Well, you say it's what you need and hide your eyes when you're close to me
With your feet up in the clouds
Well, it comes in waves, but it's hardest from the start
[Verse 2]
Waits, and fed us slipping into dreams
I can feel, I can feel, I can feel, the celestial beings
Welted pleasures leave you with a breath
I can see, I can see, I can see, the beauty in the mask
Ohhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhh
[Pre Chorus 2]
It draws up
I've been a river bed, I tried to salt my wound
I carried more than I can
I feel I got a lot to prove
Sometimes I feel I only dream in black and white
But color's so oh
[Chorus]
When your best friend's all strung out
You do everything you can cause you're never gonna let it get 'em down
And you find it all around
Well, you say it's what you need and hide your eyes when you're close to me
With your feet up in the clouds
Well, you oughta know, that I'm here no matter where you wanna go
When you're hanging upside down
Well, it comes in waves, but it's hardest from the start
[Bridge]
I'm here
No matter where you are
I'm waiting here
Open up, no matter where you are
Sometimes you have to wait
It passes by like a satellite, a star
No matter where you are
[Refrain]
When your best friend's all strung out
You know when
Oooooh
Oooooh
When your feet up in the clouds
Oh yeah, you know it
Oooooh
Oooooh
When your best friend's all strung out
Oh yeah, you know it
You oughta know, that I'm here no matter where you wanna go
In your head, hanging upside-down
Oh yeah, you know it
That's how you know when your best friend's all strung out
Best Friend (Live From The Village) was written by Mark Foster.
Best Friend (Live From The Village) was produced by Mark Foster & Paul Epworth.
Foster the People released Best Friend (Live From The Village) on Tue Apr 15 2014.