Someone Like a Friend

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

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?

[Chorus]

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

[Outro]

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