Yesterday I lost my closest friend
Yesterday I wanted time to end
I wonder if my heart will ever mend
I just let you slip away

It was the good old days that you now pass by. Those days where you were friends with everyone and they were all friends with you. Where it didn’t matter whether they had it bad or perfect, whether they had money or not, whether they lived life in the rich neighborhood or with the rest of the world. Because they were your friends, and you weren’t gonna leave them behind if you had any say in the matter.

Maybe I'll never see you smile again
Maybe you thought that it was all pretend;
All these words that I could never say
I just let them slip away

Then came High School. It’s those years where it’s all about what you wear and where you shopped. You left your real friends for the crowd that you best fit in. Didn’t matter who you wanted to be with, it was all about peer pressure. And if you didn’t fit in, you became a nobody. A wallflower with no friends at all. And there is no life without friends, right? Even if they get you into trouble more then you want to. They are your friends, right?

Why don't you hear me when I'm calling out to you
Why don't you listen when I try to make it through
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, you never know
Hold a little tighter

Of course, you could always try to get back together with them when college came, right? They’d want you back, because you were best friends in the good old days. But the damage was done. You became a somebody and they, a nobody. And in the times we live in now, it’s all about that. Who you grew up as resulted in what you’d become. And that’s what happened, right? You became what you were told to become. They became who they wanted to become.

Maybe one day when I can move along
Maybe someday when you can hear this song
You won't let it slip away

But, alas, here comes the real life. And there you are, stuck in the high end of the social status. Becoming something, sure, but not what you wanted to be. You could’ve been anything, but you chose to do what they told you to do. And now it’s too late to make a difference, because you missed your chance. It could’ve been fame, it could’ve been passion. But you missed out on it. Missed out on it all.

And I'd wish the sun would never come
It's 4 AM and you are gone
I hope you know you're letting go
It's 4 AM and I'm alone

Maybe one day things can change. Maybe you can be the one who makes a difference. Be the prep on the outside, but a true nerd on the inside and not be afraid to show it. Because that’s what will make all the difference. Being who you want to be, rather than what you’re told to be. It could be a revolution. But who’s going to start the domino effect when it’s all pressure and no fun? Here, when it’s 4 AM forever...