You didn't know me when you were a kid
In trouble at school,
alone at lunch again
I didn't know you when
I broke my knee
Spent the summer on crutches
and everybody teased
Except for this one friend I almost forgot

You didn't know me
but he knew me best
The weight of my brain and
my fear of my cold head
You never saw me interred ice
My friend tried to melt
but he couldn't me thaw me outright
So I got ditched freezing,
alone with my thoughts

And though I once said
I was better off just being dead
Better off just being dead,
without my old friend
True I once said
I was better off just being dead
But I didn't know you yet

You didn't know me
but you got cold too
And your mind was heavy and you
thought you might lose it
Well everything fucked up, we both felt before
I'm glad for it all
if it got us where we are
With you in the boat there, I almost forgot

How I once said I was better off
just being dead
Better off just being dead,
I didn't know you yet
And you might've said
you were better off just being dead
But im looking out for you, my friend -lookin

I didn't know you when you were a kid
But swimming with you,
it sure feels like I did