Jade

Whispered your name behind the kitchen island
In your old house I heard was haunted
Hid from your big brother’s party
My mom had made my sister bring me

I just thought you were so cool
We talked one time in after school
But there I was with a friendship bracelet
And I believed it was made of diamonds

But friendships fade around fifteen
Like emerald fades to jaded green
Though I had always thought I’d see
Us cry at each other’s weddings
We used to kick and fight and scream
Then hide to never have to leave
But now we text just once a year
With hollow plans to get coffee

And maybe it’s for the best
That we both went in different paths
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from us
It’s friendship isn’t effortless

Only twelve when you smoked out a bottle
Cause I was giving good peer pressure
One hit and we were paranoid
Poured red eye drops in our still pure eyes

We just thought we were so cool
Rolling our shorts and failing school
But I feel guilty until this day
That you were expelled and I went free

Then our friendship faded at fifteen
Like emerald fades to jaded green
And ever since your parents split
You’ve had to help your mom pay rent
So you put the whole school thing on hold
And worked with golden retrievers
Then on the side you sell some drinks
You’re not old enough yet to hold

Tell me it’s for the best
Feels like I caused and never stayed to clean up the mess
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from us
It’s that friendship isn’t effortless

Remember September
When you bled on the bottle
That you broke by my pool
And you were suddenly sober
Put on your best to the rest
But saved your tears for the shower
Always dreamed of being
A Victoria Secret angel

But those cigarette stains
And girlhood days
They fade
All those cigarette stains
And girlhood days
They fade
Yeah, all those cigarette stains
And growing pains
Will fade
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