He needed her to save him from himself, but she was too late.

I found God on the corner of 1st and Amistad
Where the West was all but won
All alone, smoking his last cigarette
I said, "Where you been?" He said, "Ask anything"

Where was she when he joined the Death Eaters? Where was she when he almost got killed?

Where were you when everything was falling apart?
All my days were spent by the telephone that never rang
And all I needed was a call that never came
To the corner of 1st and Amistad

He waited day and night for some kind of communication. She wouldn't even look at him anymore.

Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late, you found me, you found me

She found him a little too late. Potter and his friends had jinxed him and left him lying on the Entrance Hall floor. Nobody helped him as they walked by. They just laughed. His nose was bleeding when Lily finally walked by.


But in the end everyone ends up alone
Losing her, the only one who's ever known
Who I am, who I'm not and who I wanna be
No way to know how long she will be next to me

She helped him up without a word and went on her way. It almost hurt more to have her help him without talking to him. She always knew what to say to make him feel better.

Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late, you found me, you found me!

People had stopped to stare. He realized he had been crying. They were either surprised or amused. He quickly ran to his dormitory wiping the tears away.

The early morning, the city breaks
And I've been calling for years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
You never sent me no letters
You got some kind of nerve taking all I want!

After school he never heard from her again. She took the one thing in life that really mattered to him: her friendship. But he didn't blame her. It was his fault. All his fault.

Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor, where were you? Where were you?

Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late, you found me, you found me!

Why'd you have to wait to find me, to find me?

In the end everything was his fault. In the end he couldn't save the one person that knew him. The one person that was always there for him. He needed her to find him to tell him everything would be alright. But she couldn't do that now, because he killed her.