My Best Friend

Trinkets on string that you'd tied to a twig
Still hanging on the wall of our house, couldn’t really figure it out
Why would you leave just that one little piece?
Better it's now I let you know
Better it's now I let you know

Sometimes I’d feel there's a secret you keep
Like you never thought I would notice
Never thought I would notice
Comes up in pauses in sentences, raw
Better it's now I let you know
Better it's now I let you know

No mattеr the need, or the distance bеtween us
--Thought you would find me speechless and writhing?--
I'd say it's all good cuz you know that I would
Do anything to defend my best friend
Do anything to defend my best friend

Nippin' at toes on the gravelly road
Gotta watch out for ticks, ya know
Gotta check Frankie's paws at home
In passing reminders I grasp at our life
Better it’s now we keep it quiet, but I can’t let go
Better it's now we keep it quiet, but I can’t let go

No matter the need — I couldn't burn down this house alone
No leaf in the breeze — I couldn't sweep my own floor alone
Not sick with disease — I couldn't tend to myself in bed
Not any of these:

No matter the need, or the distance between us
--Thought you would find me speechless and writhing?--
--Thought I would cave?--
--Thought I’d wither and rage?--
--That I'd rot and decay?--
It's been always this way:
I would do anything to defend you, my friend
Do anything to defend you, my friend