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Casualty Number One
You know we used to be close
We talked all the time
Every day and every night
Now we barely take the time to say hi
We used to mean something to each other
Now you leave me on read
And I can’t think of anything worthwhile to send
I never knew that growing up
Would mean outgrowing everything I used to love
I never thought it would mean out growing us
We used to hang out more
You and me and all our friends
But everything good must come to an end
I just wish the end wasn’t now
And the something good wasn’t this
But what’s done is done
And in this invisible drifting
I’ve nicknamed you casualty number one
Cause now even when I do see you
It’s like you're not really there
A shadow of the boy, I used to know
A boy who wasn’t afraid to care
You pretend to be apathetic
But I watch you pull away
Scared to be yourself, needlessly afraid
Keep it inside and stuff it down deep
I wish you knew that your feelings don’t make you weak
There was a time when I would have spoken up
Given you the reassurance that I know you need
But times have changed
And so have you and me
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I don't wish to be a little kid again, but I wish growing up didn't come with so many dang growing pains, and I wish that you weren't somebody I had to outgrow.