Song lyrics downloaded from: https://www.albumsongandlyrics.com ------------------------------------------ Magnetic North - So Long ------------------------------------------ Apologies first and for Most it's been years since i called, or wrote it's funny how i ignore the most vital thinking they'll be always close lord knows i never meant, to forget but my sense of sentiment, is inept you were right it's evidential, i've been better with my instrumentals then friends and here i am again, never learned can't return a call, show concern at times i think i changed, but then again i'm still writing letters that i never send can't make amends, can't reverse all i got is pencils pens and a verse you deserve, the years i disappeared not a song, damn its been so long [chorus:] its been so long, since i've been without you remember me and you were like family no song could ever amount to the memories that we had, can we hold on cuz this time's borrowed i'm aware you can't always stay go on tho i cannot follow but i swear you'll never hear me say so long i know it's bit late to notice it but today, i flipped through some old photo pics and there was one of you and me laughing yo our inside jokes were everlasting man you hafta see it, we had the biggest grins damn we were the best of friends and i wish i could say that in the present tense but we begin every sentence with remember when... and yeah, we had a blast, but what about now? the only time we chat, is when i'm in town friends when convenient... i can't believe it we've been tight since back when mike was singing beat it i mean it, how could it come to this? of everyone i lost, the one i miss is you, man only you you were the truest comrade a homie knew [chorus] now i perch atop a simple roof not a single thought, thru my mind aloof and these shingles got, but a single truth that my life just stops, when i'm missing you given to, melancholy all the days staring at the skyline of the bay thought i saw your silhouette, felt the tears cuz i know that you been dead for seven years i know that some wounds, will never heal but realize, through it all, i'm still here no matter whatever that happened in the past it's sad to let it burn the friendship that we had so let's, value what we have left and just forget, all of our past debts though i've done some things, that i can't excuse i hope you understand i'm still the man you knew and so i thank you, i don't say it enough but thank you, i know it's not enough to thank you, but i'm grateful no living creation could replace you so i pray you, will never stray to a place too far away to embrace you though it's painful, i'll remain strong i'll stay faithful, even though it's been so long [chorus] apologies first and foremost i gotta stop talking to your ghost but you keep talking to me, these dreams that got me walking in sleep, please stop reminding me, can't subtract it flashbacks, to the accident broken glass, car windows a broken gasp, as you fall into comotose, so i prayed father son and holy ghost, will you save the only thing that matters most, its in vain the more you hold on close, the more it fades the more i replay, more i curse it and here i am again, with my verses you deserve, the years i disappeared not a song damn its been so long [chorus]