The People I Know

Ive got a best friend who Ive known some timeAnd after all of these years Ive got to read his mindAnd when he leaves the room I can feel him sighAs his thoughts they slip out like whispersWho wouldve know itd be this hard to waitFor one person to person to communicateAnd it never feels dramatic while we complicateThank god for old friends they always forgive usIm longing for the days when i am not so tensewhen friends are only that, and everything makes senseIf i am not myself, then who am i pretending to be?And I said how am I gonna get byWithout the help of the people I knowFor better or worse we all come togetherAnd they wont let me die aloneI said they wont let me die aloneAnd Ive got a sister who I barely seeDespite the fact she lives right up the block from meAnd when we run into each other on the streetIts like two strangers soul to soulWhen I was younger she was younger tooIt seems the space is the only thing that really grewAnd now were both grown up and still without a clueThank god for family they always forgive usIm thinking 'bout the house where we were always raisedIn every family tree some history remainsIf I am not myself, then who am I pretending to beAnd I said how am I gonna get byWithout the help of the people I knowFor better or worse we all come togetherAnd they wont let me die aloneI said they wont let me die aloneMaybe Im not supposed to be closeTo all of the people I need the most, need the mostAnd I said how am I gonna get byWithout the help of the people I knowFor better or worse we all come togetherAnd they wont let me die aloneI, I, I said now how am I gonna get byWhen Im afraid of the people I knowFor better or worse we all come togetherAnd they wont let me die aloneI said they wont let me die aloneI said they wont let me die aloneI said they wont let me die alone