i didn't realize until you had just left
that this would be the last time i saw you until the break began
i should have just given you a hug or something
but what could that have done to make things easier for us?
our generation's unique, we're the first ones to have grown up
learning the new tech, talking more on VOIP apps
but distance is a factor, it seems to me no matter
how hard people try, it pulls relationships apart

but there's no need to work at it, i will try too hard anyway
despite our strongest efforts, we probably will drift away
i've seen it time and time again, even when we both want to stay
together, things get pulled apart, but i'll resist that anyway

i rest my head on the car seat on my way home
knowing you'll find more friends while i'll just feel alone
you'll find somebody like you with my sense of humor
they say April's the cruelest month, but it's September

i wish you would just stay here; i wish things stayed the same
i wish we were still kids, with nothing on our plates
but now the tide's out and you were dragged out to sea
you have a lot to think on, don't worry for me
i will persist with you two, i'll keep things up and running
i'll call you on the weekends; constantly, consistently
i will not end this friendship, we'll play Dominion online
and D&D when you have a little extra time

i wish you would just stay here a little extra time
i hope things don't fall apart (again), we can keep up online
i wish you would just stay here a little extra time
i hope things don't just drift apart, but you never know until you
but you never know until you try

i need to get to sleep, but even when i try
it never gets too deep because of my rapid-moving eyes
i want to see you soon; please come down again
so i can throw away this song, and stop my wondering
i need to get to sleep, but even when i try
it never gets too deep because relaxing doesn't feel right
i want to see you soon; please confirm my suspicions
so i can throw away this song and learn to start again

sail back to me this winter, although you now live far away
your new friends, they can wait there; i'm selfish so i wish you'd stay
but nothing lasts forever; i should have thought that earlier
before the tide moved in and salty water made things blurrier
sail back again next summer; has that ocean become your home?
your new friends, they can wait there; i'm selfish and i feel alone
but nothing lasts forever; i always knew it was my fate
to wade through stormy weather, 'cause that's the kind that i create

i wish you would just stay here; i wish things stayed the same
i wish we were still kids, with nothing on our plates
but now the tide's out and you were dragged out to sea
you have a lot to think on, don't worry for me

i didn't realize until you had just left
that this would be the last time i saw you until the break began
go live your life, don't worry; i'll try to do the same
but things are different in oceans without names