Ordinary Friend
(Russell Lashley)
What struggles or what problems so far have you come across this year?
My biggest struggle that Ive come across this year has been trust. It's been trust.
(Russell)
How come trust has been your biggest issue?
First day we met, I had a feeling one day we would be friends
But you had that look, that look in your eye
and it told me everything, everything inside
It told me that you'd rather talk to anybody else
But you needed a friend, and you needed some help
All I needed was a friend, someone I could trust
Someone who's loyal and someone with guts
and you had that, you had all my trust
We shared all the pain that the other one must
and we yelled and we screamed when our best friend won
Yeah, we yelled and we screamed when our challenge was overcome
Yeah, we've been to heaven
Yeah, we've been through hell
But the journey made us stronger than we'll ever ever tell
The battles and bruises made our heart beat differently
All the dittsies and whoosies, I'd be surprised we talk again
I was not an average ordinary friend
I stayed with you till the very very end
When things got hard, I was your only friend
Hard to imagine
Now I'm just average, I'm just average, an ordinary friend
When get rough, well, now we just pretend
It's all okay
But this is how we end
Hard to imagine
This is how we end
Every time you walk by, I feel the pain deep inside
sometimes I wonder can I keep the pain inside
I see your face and I see all the lies
I see every chance that I should've said goodbye
So I don't look (don't look)
No I don't peak
I can't look (can't look)
Because you hurt me so deep
so everywhere you are is the place I can't be
everywhere you are is too toxic for me
You opened your mouth and somehow ruined my dreams
Made it impossible for me to just breathe
I never doubted myself until the day you wrecked me
I thought we were in this together, but nope
It's just me...
It feels like you hate me, like you don't want me to win
When I'm fighting a battle to a war I can win
I thought we had each other
You know, when things got hard
Now when I know I'm down, you'll just say I was a clown
I was not an average ordinary friend
I stayed with you till the very very end
When things got hard, I was your only friend
Hard to imagine
Now I'm just average, I'm just average, an ordinary friend
When get rough, well, now we just pretend
It's all okay
But this is how we end
Hard to imagine
This is how we end
But I'm not an average ordinary friend
When things get rough, I'll be there till the end
I'll stay by you
Because you're my best friend
Hard to imagine
This is how we end
(Russell)
With all this you have to do, It seems overwhelming.
What keeps you going?
What's your motivation like?
What keeps you waking up every day saying
"I know I have a lot to do, but I'm not going to give up. I'm just gonna keep moving forward."
What is that?
My center...which is friendship
I mean, there's a whole bunch of things that I live with and that I love in my life
But the one thing that I cherish the most...is friendship
Having quality friends, in general, usually help too
Because the people you rely on, the people you depend on, the people who you trust your heart with the most are the people who are going to lift you up on the days you are down under.