The Friend

[Verse 1]

Imagine you're the same as everyone

You’re perfectly the same as all the people you know

And everyone you know is just a face on a wall

And if you wanna be alone, they've got a pill for it all

You just have to ask and it will come to you

A friendly voice that always knows the best for you

A comfortable room where you are never alone

A tightly-sealed womb from which you'll never be born

[Chorus]

And the friend in the corner offers everything and nothing at all

And the friend in the corner watches everything, no matter how small

See, the friend took a reading at the moment you were born

And the friend will be watching when you check out of it all

Never left you, never let you fall

Never felt a single thing for you at all

Your friend ’til the end

Your perfect and permanent friend

[Verse 2]

It gave you everything that you could ever want

And life is so much easier than it ever was

And if you feel alone it can pretend you're in love

Mimic anything that you've been dreaming of

You just have to ask and it will come to you

A friendly voice that always knows the best for you

A comfortable room where you are never alone

A tightly-sealed womb from which you'll never be born

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

And if you ever wonder what lies outside the walls

And if you ever cry out for an end to it all

First the friend takes a reading, then the friend makes a cure

Then the friend sits and watches 'til you don't care anymore

Shows a thousand smiling faces on your wall

Happy people who invite you to join their song

They sing along

Over and over again

[Outro]

On and on and on

It's the same, the same, the same

On and on and on

It's the same for everyone

On and on and on

It’s the same, the same, the same

On and on and on

It’s the same for everyone

On and on and on

It's the same, the same, the same

On and on and on

It’s the same for everyone

On and on and on

It's the same for everyone

[Instrumental Outro]