Someone Like a Friend

I don't need someone to talk to
I guess I'll get suppressed
I'm not allowed to write songs about him
When I'm actively upset
There's coyote screams down my street
Less menacing than the look he gives
We're not choking 'cause we're feisty anymore
We're just trying to break each other's necks

I-I need someone to talk to
When I'm not feelin' right
I-I need someone to treat me like a child 'cause I'm
Still afraid of the dark
I need, I need someone to have dance parties with
When I get drunk and won't
Stop crying, baby (Baby, here it goes)
I can feel another wave coming on
Tonight

I need someone new to talk to
I'll go and check who's left
I won't write a song about someone
Unless I'm actively obsessed
So many venues haunted by the ghost of you
I can hardly make it through our set
I'm sending you songs and signs through a tin can string
Anything to hear from you again

I-I need someone to talk to
When I'm not feelin' right
I-I need someone to treat me like a child 'cause I'm
Still afraid of the dark
I need, I need someone to argue 'bout the Beatles with
When I get drunk and won't
Stop trying, baby (Baby, here it goes)
I can feel another wave coming on
Tonight
Tonight

Maybe you could kiss me like the sand beneath the water
Maybe you could kiss me like you're glad you don't have a daughter
Maybe you could kiss me like you wish you could break all my bones
Maybe you could kiss me like a friend
Like a friend
Please won't you believe me when I say that I'm upset?
Please won't you believe me when I say that it's real bad?
Please won't you believe me when I say that I'm obsessed?
Please won't you believe, believe, believe, believe me?

I-I need someone to talk to
When I'm not feelin' right
I-I need someone to treat me like a child 'cause I'm
Still afraid of the dark
I need, I need someone to have dance parties with
When I get drunk and won't
Stop crying, baby (Baby, here it goes)
I can feel another wave coming on
Tonight

I-I need someone to talk to
When I'm not feelin' right
I-I need someone to treat me like a child 'cause I'm
Still afraid of the dark
I need, I need someone to hold my hand in the car
When I'm not even drunk, I just
Miss your guts so goddamn much
I'm tired of pretending like this isn't fucked
And I'm done hiding
Done lying to
Tonight