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Friend Crush

from Ultraviolet Catastrophe by Joey Small

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(yeah)

i got a Friend Crush
a platonic crush
of that i am guilty of the first degree
ohh, but she's much too young for me
but i didn't know before i saw those eyes, you see

i wanna write a song that doesn't rhyme at all
and to not show up to my senior ball
just to take an hour-long bathroom break in the stall
wishing talking was less awkward in the halls

i need some one-on-one time with a pretty face
sometimes i think i'm desperate for a private place
where our only company's the stars
with no clouded vision given by spirits conjured by bars

(oooh)

i got a Friend Crush
a platonic crush
for once i actually asked for her name
even interrupted her iphone game
i see her glancing when i'm glancing i think she feels the same

it started when she first laughed at my joke
a defense mechanism to help us cope
with the problems that we all have
that we try to wash out with lavender soap

i wanna talk to you about newton's laws
and the reasons that we have hands for claws
we could get real philosophical
i don't want to take off my double-monocle

these glasses help me to see straight
i wanna take you on a platonic date (night)
a PDN with no PDA
but a private display of open communication

i got a Friend Crush
i have a Friend Crush
it's hard not to be hypocritical
i get lonely when i have too much time to kill
yet i can't even give some simple conversation a whirl

i got a Friend Crush
that much is true
i tried to write around three songs for you
but none of them were turning out right
ohh, apprehension can put up quite a fight

every time i see you walking at rehearsal
i freeze up, both physically and verbally
i see why these people are always turning to booze
facebook showed me a picture of you

you're the only one in it with an open smile
you're the only one there without a facebook profile
i walk outside to see you running a mile
and i file that memory in the place where

i keep all the things that make me feel sad
not knowing if i could have known you had
we shared similar interests
but i just stayed in my room and wrote my wish-list

which of course included you
but only as a friend
if you want to meet after class i'll say yes fast
and we'll open up for as long as it lasts (yeah)

i got a Friend Crush
a platonic crush
when i make you smile you make me blush
we can stop at best friends
no need to start a fuss

i have a Friend Crush
oh guilty me
but i'm still willing to pay an entry fee
i'll be awkward if you'll be awkward too
i'll admit it. i got a platonic crush on you

i don't want you to hurt yourself
because of what i didn't do to help
i don't want you to be mine
i just want to be the reason why

i wanna be the reason you love yourself
i'll do whatever i have to do to help
i wanna have a PDN oh see why
why am i so bad at goodbye

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from Ultraviolet Catastrophe, track released September 28, 2018

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