Better Days

Sitting all alone again
With my four other friends
That said they'd be there 'til the end
Five o'clock says midnight
And I got no money to hide
Take the blow, find context
And hope I can pull through that
Seems like I'm always the man
With a drink in my hand
Ashes in my heart
But I'm not that severely marked
Seems like I'm always the man
When I pass the end of my hand
A gun's up in my hand
I feel dismay, but don't let that
Say my name

I'm not looking for nothing
I got friends
My friends who are really that kind
They did lots of things
That made me feel better in life
And they really were friends
That I went to a lot of places with
And they helped a lot of things with
And this time, spending no time
Spending my life, I won't be needing you any more

See my friends, see empty faces
I'm trapped by my own insecurities
And I'm too content to ignore
The friends that I didn't know
So I'll be easy
Check, check the price of what I'm about to show
To the folks that say that I don't belong
I've loved everybody else until I loved myself
Now everything's coming up roses