comets near me - The Last Time I Saw Him Lyrics

The last time I saw him he was shaking on the curb
Clutching a cassette tape that I never heard
Dropped him off in Eugene as the night was turning gray
Didn't wanna leave him but I knew I couldn't stay
Heard he got a job working a hotel in Peru
But Patrick says he still sees him on Piedmont Avenue
Always dressed in layers even when it's mid-July
Ask him what he's up to and he'll never specify
He knows so many people but they just know his name
He spends so much time talking with nothing much to say
He looked me in the eye and turned the other way
That's when I realized I never knew him anyway
Doing laps in parking lots with nothing else to do
He told me all the f*cked up shit that his dad put him through
Handed me a knife with my name engraved on the side
Just in case I become a target for homicide
He would always hold his breath at the bottom of the pool
Shattering the most meaningless record at our school
When kids were calling "marco" he was nowhere to be found
Instead of screaming "polo" he was pretending he drowned
Living in his van
Played the drums a little
Played guitar every day
Played people like a fiddle
Running from the law
Picking fights so he could win
Always called his mom
She said the drugs ruined him
Saw him on the news
The rumors were true
On his hands and knees crawling
The first time I saw him