Young Writer
[Verse 1]
Was I complicating your life, bro?
Another lecture for you to drop?
You called me up and told me that you'd like my calls to stop
Did you think that it wouldn't hurt me
Or did you just not care?
Did you say your piece to me off the dome
Or did you take time to prepare?

[Chorus]
No, world traveler
I do not count you friend
Not since the day you cast me off
Like a burr from on your skin
No, young writer
I did not steal your pen
If you lost it in my company
You don't have to turn me in

[Verse 2]
I thought that I'd earned better from you
Than to not be told my crimes
I don't know what it was I did
To undermine our times
How could you be so selfish to
Lеt me blame this all on me?
I usеd your voice to tear apart
My fading self-esteem
[Chorus]
No, world traveler
I do not count you friend
Not since the day you cast me off
Like a burr from on your skin
No, young writer
I did not steal your pen
If you lost it in my company
You don't have to turn me in

[Bridge]
I'm berating myself for imagined sins
Debating arguments that I could never win
Brace for an "I'm sorry" that will never come
But you don't need one for forgiveness if you love someone

[Verse 3]
I forgive you, I forgive you
You're not sorry but that's okay
I forgive you, I don't blame you
For making me feel this way
I forgive you, I forgive you
You're not sorry but that's okay
I forgive you, I still love you
Mi familia, still today
Sadness flowed till anger staunched it
Came and made it swell and ache
Wound is closed and now it's time to
Let the anger drain away
I forgive me, I forgive me
I'm not perfect, that's okay
I forgive me, I don't blame me
I'll try to grow every day

[Outro]
No, my brother
I don't call this the end
I still carry you with me
Like a tattoo on my skin
No, young writer
I did not steal your pen
If you lost it in my company
I've got one here to lend