When Did I Become the Enemy

*“When Did I Become the Enemy?”* is about watching a childhood friendship slowly fall apart as beliefs, politics, and faith pull two people in different directions. --- *WHEN DID I BECOME THE ENEMY?* There was a time I never had to wonder If you wanted me around I knew your house I knew your family I knew the sound of your laugh We grew up side by side And I thought some things survived time I guess I was wrong We got older Started changing Found different ways to see the world You walked away from what we grew up with I held tighter to my faith Then one disagreement became a line And suddenly I was on the other side You shut the door Cut me from your life And somehow one disagreement Was enough to say goodbye I could understand the distance I could understand moving on I just wasn’t ready to find out That what we had was already gone *WHEN DID I BECOME THE ENEMY?* When did you start looking at me like that? We were brothers before the arguments Before every word became an attack I never needed you to think like me I just thought you knew my heart So tell me— *WHEN DID I BECOME THE ENEMY?* When did we fall this far apart? Then months went by without a word And I started letting go Until you came back out of nowhere With an anger I had never known You said we never cared about you Like the years had disappeared Every sentence sounded like a verdict For a version of me I didn’t recognize And all I could think was— Do you remember me at all? **YOU THREW ME OUT OVER ONE DIVIDE** **THEN CAME BACK MONTHS LATER JUST TO PICK ANOTHER FIGHT** **I NEVER ASKED YOU TO BELIEVE LIKE ME** **I NEVER NEEDED YOU TO AGREE** **I JUST THOUGHT AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS** **YOU’D STILL KNOW WHO I WAS** So I walked away And let the silence speak No final argument No need to make you see No point in fighting For what used to come so easily I sat there thinking of the years And who we used to be How someone can feel so far away And still mean this much to me *WHEN DID I BECOME THE ENEMY?* When did we become strangers with a past? I don’t hate you I forgive you And I hope you find some peace at last But I still miss the friend I knew And I don’t know where he went Maybe some goodbyes never happen Maybe they just slowly die I hope you’re okay I really do I don’t want another fight I just miss my friend.