Max's Song Lyrics

Remember when we met as freshmen?

I swear I looked into your eyes and saw stars.

We had our own bench in the courtyard

Observing the drama, we laughed from afar

We thought, screw it all, we'll just wait out the whole show

Everything will get better in college, you know

And I saw the option to not be alone

So what else could we do except start?

For four years, we coasted together

And numbly pushed on through the horrors of life

Every day we devoted to study

But we cursed our shared lack of romance every night

You pined over many, confessed to a few

But nothing succeeded, nobody came through

In four years there was no one I tried to pursue,

But in four years, I never said why.

The summer when we drove to New York

The sun shining down on my passenger seat

The dream was fantastic, but short-lived

As bright as the limelight, fake as our IDs

Our two alter egos could dance and take shots

And mine could take one step outside of the box

I said you looked pretty and you just said "Thanks"

God, how can one person draw so many blanks?

My hope was in vain that the night wouldn't end with me

Fed up with waking and filled up with Hennessy neat,

But still,

That night, I did not sleep.

And I was the first person you told

I'm so glad things are going your way

I love you and I'm so proud that you got into UCLA

And I watched as you boarded that plane.

I remember the night when it happened

The text that you sent me, you typed in all caps

And all I could hear was that ringtone

Followed up by a series of internal snaps

A photo of you and that friend hand in hand

It seems your new life has gone just as you planned

And as part of me falls to the ground while you stand

I sit up and write back, "congrats".

And yeah, I was the first person you told

I'm so glad things are going your way

How could you never see me, I loved you since the very first day

And you'd say

You loved me too, just never that way.