Dead Friends

Eric, he was my first boyfriend

We were in a car accident at sixteen

He died in front of me

And Karen was a grade school friend of mine

On her senior trip down in Mexico

She danced too hard and lost her life

I took a blow when Silvio

Was ejected from that SUV's front window

And Justin just ended in his parents bathroom

So that's why I live my life

Apple was expelled his freshman year

He blew his brains on his bedroom walls

So I got this tattoo on my arm

And Jasiri hung himself in his studio

He loved and lost, boy, he tried and tried

With a broken heart, one too many times

Then there is my dear Brian

Who ditched his truck on the top of Devil's Slide

And we'll never know if he's coming home

'Cause the police have ruled it a suicide

And it kills me 'cause he was one of those great loves of my life

So go and live your lives!

Losing my older brother

Is a pain I won't get over

He finally found his stride

Moved his babies and his wife

Out to Reno to get that good life

And everything was going great until he met his fate

He was electrocuted at work in some crawl space

And then for eight years I ate pills everyday

Derrick still comes to me in my dreams

We swim in pools that are made of gold

He was never comfortable in this world

And Karl came to live with me in L.A

Complained every day that his stomach hurt

And then four months later dead from cancer

My first best friend and cousin, Brendan

He had a heart attack from taking too much Phen-Phen

Now he'll never have to think he's fat again

I spent way too long hating my life

'Cause my friends were gone

And it almost killed me

I got a second chance to live again

Unlike any one of them

And it showed me what life could be

Although people don't stay

All of their memories can still remain

So try to love your life, while you can