jumper - third eye blind

I feel like I've lost a friend recently. 

 There are people who play instruments and live to write their own music, and there are people who may play instruments but can only really listen to others. I see myself in the music I love, but feelings shift often and the same song can speak to me in different ways. Jumper by Third Eye Blind, a song from one of my favorite albums, ended up stuck in my head a few weeks ago. 

I wish you could step back from that ledge, my friend
We could cut ties with all the lies that you've been living in
And, if you do not want to see me again 
I would understand, I would understand.

I didn't really understand when I first listened. If someone I knew was standing on a ledge, I would certainly grab ahold of them and never let go, but that's just not the way the song goes. 

"Everyone's got to face down the demons
Maybe today we can put the past away"

This friend I have is not a jumper but it looks like they have left me for a reason I do not know yet. When I find out why, I hope we can somehow to put the past away and start over. It hurts not hearing from them after we've spent so much of our lives together but we sing to two different melodies. If they do want to start over, but without me, I would understand.