What does friend mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused?
All included but you
Alone

The sounds of silence often soothe
Shapes and colors shift with mood
Pupils widen, change their hue
Rapid brown avoid clear blue

Why's it have to be this way?
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way

Flowers watched through wide eyes bloom
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon

Why's it have to be this way?
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way

At 7 AM
On a Tuesday in August
Next week I'll turn 28
I'm still young, it'll be me
Off the wall, I scraped you
I gotta wake
Show me you're irate
As for fate
Date
Oh, hate
Never gonna fuck with me again
Don't fuck with me again
That one goes and make you irate

Copyright: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Michael A. Inez, Sean H. Kinney