Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk

"Hey, Moyashi-chan," I looked over at my white haired friend. He had been looking different lately. More tired? Stressed? I wasn't then sure but I knew things weren't going well at home with Cross and all of the NOAH street gang after him. " We need to talk." He walks. I said, "Sit down it's just a talk."

He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through

He gave me his usual gentlemanly polite smile. I should have known it was fake, but then I guess I didn't know much of anything did I? I stared politely right on through.

"What is it, Lavi?" his sleeve raised slightly revealing a fractured glimpse of red cuts new and old. He kept smiling.

Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

"I was just wondering how you were doing, ya no?" I tried to sound normal but my voice had been quivering and I knew he would notice. He was Allen after all. He always had a knack for knowing what everyone else was thinking, while making sure no one could even catch a blink of his heart.

"Yeah?" He looked over at the door. I kept looking at the window to our right.

"Allen, please. Just look at me." I grabbed his hand. His head jerked over. He was smiling. Smiling. I nearly cried. But instead I slapped him.

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

He looked at me shocked for a moment. "You idiot!" I whispered pressing his hands to my forehead. "Why can't you just tell me about things? You think I can't see this!" I pulled his wrist up and his sleeve down. Down his right wrist were scars and cuts. My eyes were stinging with tears. He kept smiling.

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence

"Allen, please. You're my best friend. I can help you carry your burdens! Please!" I said trying to slip past his defense. I pulled him into embrace without granting innocence.

Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along

"I've being telling you. Just go to us for help! Me, Lenalee and Even Yu! We're your friends!" I was beginning to cry, but his eyes stayed a frozen gray. I hadn't noticed how heavy the bags under his eyes were. He looked so tired. So isolated. "You haven't been eating and it looks like you haven't slept in days! You even skipped class last week! Everyone's freaking out! Even the teachers!"

And pray to God, he hears you
And pray to God, he hears you

I'd pray to god that he'd hear me, but both Allen and I had stopped believing things long ago; like as if he was Santa Claus.

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed

"Lavi just Shut up!" Allen was standing now. He had thrown my hand down. " Why won't you just leave me alone? I'm fine! Perfectly fine! What would you know anyway?" His hands were in tight fists and the tell tale British accent, that only came when he was truly angry, was eminent. "Where have you been? Where has everyone been? What? You were studying with Bookman again!"

I couldn't say anything. Had he been crying out for help this whole time? Why hadn't I seen it? "Moyashi-"

"Don't CALL ME THAT!"

He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you begin to wonder why you came

We were silent for a while. Then Allen looked at me. "It's just- I'm just not the same." His voice was heavy and quiet. I began to wonder why I came.

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

We left without saying goodbye and I didn't see Allen the next day. Where did I go wrong? I came over to check on him. No one answered the door, but I found my way in. "Allen?" I called. The tiny apartment was so cold. "Allen , you home?" I walked into his room.

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness

His bloody lay limp and encrusted with day old dried blood. Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend. I geld him, as I cried. Somewhere along in the bitterness we had parted ways.

And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

"ALLEN!" I cried through tears.

How to save a life

"ALLEN!"

Why?

Why did he do it?

Why didn't I notice?

Why couldn't I stop him?

How to save a life

"Moyashi-chan."

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life

"I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life" I'm lying next to your grave, can you feel me? Maybe we would be lying somewhere else, Had I know how to save a life.

How to save a life