Friends Like Strangers

Friends Like Strangers

We used to speak with hearts wide open

Now every word feels softly broken

You were the fire I held so close

Now I walk on ash, afraid to hope

Can we pretend that we’re just fine?

Smile like we’ve not crossed that line

When every glance, and every breath

Reminds me of the love we left

They say time can mend the cracks

But no one tells you how to act…

Can we be friends after all this time?

When I still taste you in my mind

Can we laugh like nothing changed

When silence still speaks your name?

You were my always, not my past

But now we’re strangers wearing masks

Tell me, is it wrong to ask…

Can we be friends… with a love that didn’t last?

I see your face across the room

We talk like echoes in a tomb

Your smile’s polite, your tone is kind

But I can’t unread the love behind

You hold your secrets like a glass

I know that look, I know that mask

We’re standing close, but worlds apart

Still dragging chains inside our hearts

I want to stay, I want to run

What are we, when love is done?

Can we be friends after all this time?

When I still taste you in my mind

Can we laugh like nothing changed

When silence still speaks your name?

You were my always, not my past

But now we’re strangers wearing masks

Tell me, is it wrong to ask…

Can we be friends… with a love that didn’t last?

Maybe we’re not meant to know

If love can fade and friendship grow

But if I’m honest, deep inside

I miss you more than I can hide

Can we be friends when my heart still breaks?

When just your voice is all it takes

To pull me back where we began

To want what time won’t understand

You were my home, you were my flame

Now I don’t know what we became

But if there’s still a chance to mend…

Tell me, can we still be friends?

Can we be friends…

Or are we just… pretending?

Friends…

Like strangers… again…