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Asking for a Friend

Acoustic Melodic Dubstep
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[Intro]
I'm asking for a friend

[Verse 1]
It's ten to three and my coffee's gone cold again.
The waitress pours another like she's heard how this one ends.
I'm stacking sugar packets in a tower I can't hold.
There's this girl I know who fell for someone, so I'm told.

[Build]

[Chorus]
So if she said it out loud, would she lose what they had?
Would you tell her to go say it, or to leave it where it sat?
It's nothing, it's a story, I'll forget it by the end —
I'm asking for a friend, I'm asking for a friend.

[Drop]

[Verse 2]
The OPEN sign bleeds pink across the table where we sit.
You let the quiet do the work. You don't fall for any of it.
Two cars in a wet lot and the sky's grey at the edge.
She's had the words since April. She just keeps them in her chest.

[Build 2]

[Chorus 2]
So if she said it out loud, would that be the end of them?
Would you tell her she's a fool, or would you tell her to begin?
And my story's getting thinner, I can hear it now, and then —
I'm asking for a friend. (asking for a friend)

[Drop 2]

[Breakdown]
Then you just said my name.
That's all. You just said my name.
And the girl I know is me, and I'm done being careful now.
I'm going to say it. Tonight. Out loud.

[Final Build]

[Final Drop]

[Outro]
It's ten to three and the sky's going grey.
I was never asking for a friend.
I'm asking for me.

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