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Why do I still suffer?
I've got it so good
I've got the dude, the friends, the life,
I've got what every person should.

Memories.
The source of pain like this.
But if it causes me so much hurt
Why must I reminisce?

Because it's still the same.
Still the same games, people, and places.
Because time never starts over,
Time never erases.

They tell me "Don't forget."
But sometimes I wish I could
When I'm reminded of you
I wish I could leave it for good.

When I see the spot where we'd sit
On those hot August days
And drink lemonade and have fun
But it all went away.

Away like the chalk drawings
We used to create.
The rain would wash them off
And give us a new slate.

A new slate.
Something I wish I had.
I wish we'd never met
And had all the fun that we had.

Maybe then it wouldn't hurt
To think of you so much
Since you cross my mind so often
Just like my other best friends and such.

Best friends?
That doesnt describe us enough.
We've been through the fun times,
And we've been through the rough.

All the words I think of
Lead me to an impasse
Except for four:
Strangers with a past.

That's what I wish we were
It hurts so bad to remember you,
But I would never take back
All the years of knowing you.