Here I stand all alone Memories flash of those I've known Cannot change things said and done Live life full till my time comes The lives of friends that I have lost We pay the price, we pay the cost Can't cry anger till the end It burns inside to lose a friend Not even for a second when he woke up did he ask If today was gonna be his last An average day in the middle of a life Terminated by a sharp knife Killing, spilling the liquid blood As his boys found him lying face down in the mud You might say this song is in poor taste But I must discuss the waste Walking thin lines, anything to cop a dime Labelled habitual, a loser three times Just fuckin' around, knuckles bloody to the bone Whatever, the future's unknown Unless you believe in predestination of fate The letter read termination It was fucked up I couldn't make out his face Through the blood, what a fucking waste Of lives of friends that I have lost Who pays the price? Who pays the cost? Can't cry, just anger till the end It burns inside to lose a friend My friend was there until the end (My friend) Can never be replaced The pain that I taste (It's over) What a fucking waste Of lives of friends that I have lost Who pays the price? Who pays the cost? Can't cry anger till the end It burns inside to lose a friend Cold-blooded murder, suicide, another body laid to rest Untimely demise, homicide, my faith is put to the test Is there a god? Sometimes I just can't believe My friend who is dead was shot and then robbed Something quite hard to conceive People dying everyday there's got to be a better way The losses blow my mind away, the stain of blood will always stay Like the memory of a friend who stood with me until the end The losses blow my mind away, the stain of blood will always stay Of lives of friends that I have lost Who pays the price? Who pays the cost? Can't cry anger till the end It burns inside to lose a friend It's not for me that I grieve but for the families left bereaved I question whether life is fair, I wonder if I even care We think we know what life is worth until they lower us beneath the earth Mother crying, forever hurt, my face like stone, I shovel dirt My friend was there until the end (My friend) Can never be replaced The pain that I taste (It's over) What a fucking waste