Over and over and over again
I say that were just friends

Forget the implications
Infatuations end
If loves so easy, why is it hard
I can't imagine ever being apart
I'll come back to you
It'd be brand new
But I promise
We're just friends

Over and over and over again
I try to make amends
For everything I've done wrong
My whole world just spins
Make some coffee, hold me up
Try to talk me out of giving up
I'll come back to you
It'll be brand new
But I promise
We're just friends



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Track duration: 02:45

"We're Just Friends" as written by Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett, John Stirratt

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    General Comment:yes, we're just friends... sometimes it even feels worse than being apart. :(
    Flag queenofdenmarkon August 09, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think that he's in love with his best friend, and even though it hurts he's trying to convince HER that he just feels about her in a friendly way, so that he can still have her in his life, and he's trying to convince HIMSELF that he doesn't love her. Oh, I don't know. This song is so hard to listen to.
    Flag sheionizeson April 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Even with lyrics as simple and straightforward as these, if an artist is capable of conveying such intense pain through music they have done well. Beautiful song. Even if it hurts to listen.
    Flag picturechallenged11on November 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:He wrote it about me.

    And if someone could please get the lyrics for
    GLAD IT'S OVER by Wilco on Song Meanings
    I would appreciate it.

    Ta Ta Ya'll. :-)
    Flag QueenieBon October 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think he wrote this song about me.
    Flag heyjohnsullivanon September 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This kind of reminds me of when I was in middle school in a lot of ways. Which is ridiculous cause a beautiful song like this shouldn't be related to something so juvenile.

    But uhm. I started hanging out with a friend of mine's older brother and his friends. He was two years older. And at the time that seemed like a very large gap. He was really cute. And I was very awkward at the time.

    One of his friends would constantly make jokes about how apparently we were secretly in love cause we had so much stuff in common, I guess. Or something like that. I always relentlessly denied it. My self esteem was low so I mostly thought they were just being mean to me.

    He and I actually became bestfriends for awhile. And I eventually did develop feelings for him - two years later. And about that time I found out that those jokes weren't just slander. He had divulged to his friend that he liked me but that guy being the asshole that he is thought it would be funny to razz him about it. I had been rejecting him so harshly for so long he really did just see me as a friend. So I just kept having to say it every time one of those stupid jokes was made.

    He and I talked about it much later. I see this song as his point of view.
    Flag Mymsicalon August 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song actually made me cry when I heard it.
    no song has ever done that.
    for me to sing like that, I would have to like slit my fingers open enough to know there's a cut, but not enough to be like pain... there's so much pain in his voice... it's touching...
    Flag talflickon June 08, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:he just makes you feel what he's feeling whenver he makes these kinds of masterpieces.
    its pretty deep, i kinda know how this is, i've been in this kinda situation before
    Flag TweedyIsGodon April 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:It seems like whenever a woman breaks it off with a man, they still want to be just friends. When the man ends up staying friends, they usually want more -- a reconciliation of the relationship.

    He regrets all the ways he fucked up in the relationship and is trying to tell her it won't be like last time -- I'm different now. I promise we're just friends though, if that's the only way I can have you, I'll take what I can get.
    Flag Mansons49thBeardon March 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Hey, Jeff Tweedy, wanna stop writing songs about my life? Actually, keep doing it, but stop making me want to cry, thanks.
    Flag heyironyon February 25, 2008   Link

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