“Do You Wanna Be Friends?” / newly unrequited

“Do you wanna be friends?” I mean I wanna be more, but if “friends” is how I get to have you, then sure

I’ll be quiet in my pining, I won’t tell you about the pain, I’ll be silent in the night when I know that you’re asleep but I wanna ask you if you’re awake

So we’ll be friends, and I’ll be okay, the world won’t end if you don’t love me, even if it feels that way

I’ll be quiet in my pining, I won’t tell you about the pain, I’ll be silent in the night when, all I wanna do is tell you how pretty I thought you looked today

I don’t know where the line is so, I’ll stay on my side even when you’re not on yours

I’ll tread lightly in case I might be breaking a boundary we used to break before

But I’ll be your best friend, simple as that, and when you play pretend that things are the way they were- I won’t flirt back

I’ll be quiet in my pining, I won’t tell you about the pain, I’ll be silent in the night when you text me and ask “Hey. Are you awake?”

I know I said we could be friends, I’m so sorry that I went back on my word, please know I did try I hadn’t realized just how bad seeing you be fine without me would hurt

I was devastated, it was humiliating, because you never owed me anything, much less reciprocation

Love newly unrequited, I had to villainize you, so hurt, it seemed easier to be angry than sad

So we can’t be friends… but not because I don’t like you, we can’t be friends because of how much I do