My Friend

[Verse 1]
I swear I heard a bird high in the chestnut trees
The sun was so bright, that bird I couldn’t see
No matter where I stood I couldn’t see beak or wing
Just burning, blinding leaves, still and silent trees

[Chorus]
Were you with me then, my friend?
Are you with me now?

[Verse 2]
When that cement truck, the mixer turning slow
Drove right past me, dripping in the road
That swollen body spinning in circles
I stopped and watched it roll, roll and groan

[Chorus]
Were you with me then, my friend?
Are you with me now?

[Verse 3]
When I swam alone that night, late summer dusk
The air so warm and still, the water wide and dark
Something brushed against me, I splashed and kicked in fright
Such cold hands upon me, underwater vines

[Chorus]
Were you with me then, my friend?
Are you with me now?