How Dare You

(album: The Last Songs I'll Write About You (For Real) - 2023)

You were a ghost
When I needed you most
And I know
You think I deserved it
'Cause things ended bad
And I know you're still mad
But I guess I thought if it came down to it

You'd show up apologizing like nothing happened
We'd forgive each other saying, "It doesn't matter anymore"
What did I get my hopes up for?

'Cause I almost lost it all
And you didn't even call, I
Lay in that hospital bed
Thinking, "How dare you, how dare you ever say we were friends?"
I thought
You might've still care but guess not, if
You couldn't show up for me then
Then how dare you, how dare you ever say we were friends?

I know I said
I didn't need anything
But I lied
And you should've known that
'Cause I was in the middle of a full-on breakdown
Living in the darkest room in my parents' house
You can swear you didn't know, but
You didn't bother to find out

Yeah, I almost lost it all
And you didn't even call, I
Lay in that hospital bed
Thinking, "How dare you, how dare you ever say we were friends?"
I thought
You might've still care but guess not, if
You couldn't show up for me then
Then how dare you, how dare you ever say we were friends?

(How dare you, how dare you ever say?)
We were friends
(How dare you, how dare you ever say?)
We were friends
(How dare you, how dare you ever say?)
Then how dare you, how dare you ever say?
(We were friends)
When they told me that I could've died (We were friends)
The first thing that crossed my mind was (We were friends)
Maybe you'd apologize
After all this time, how naive was I?
(We were friends)
To think you ever really cared and (We were friends)
If I needed you, you'd be there, 'cause (We were friends)
I spent six months confused and scared
Sitting by the phone
Screaming, "Don't you dare"

Don't you dare
Ever say, ever say
How dare you, how dare you ever say we were friends?