We know of your recent loss
We heard it from a mutual friend
it's like flying over a crash site
the wreckage of you everywhere

We've looked up to you for so many years
and shaped our lives from the words that you said
but now you're throwing it out the window
and I've never been so let down in all of my life

You make friendship sound like war
is hope still there if love isn't anymore? 
Say, say, say it still works
Say, say, say it still works 

You said "get it right the first time
don't make the same mistakes
and guard your heart like treasure
and use resolve to reveal the lies"

You make friendship sound like war
is hope still there if love isn't anymore?
Say, say, say it still works
Say, say, say it still works

You made mistakes, and that's okay
you let it go

On the good days you joke and laugh
and we forget how sad you are
and on the bad days your bitterness
makes you glow like a sun
distractions work for only so long
soon you wonder if you were wrong
it's awkward to ask
but how can we help you?

Say, say, say it still works
Say, say, say it still works
Say, say, say it still works