[00:11.20]There was a guy at my school when I was in high school
[00:14.02]We'd ride side by side in the morning on our bicycles
[00:16.98]Never even spoken or faced each other
[00:19.65]But on the last hill we'd race each other
[00:22.45]When we reached the racks, we'd each go our own way
[00:24.97]I wasn't in his classes, I didn't know his name
[00:27.72]When we finally got to speak, he just stared at his feet
[00:30.82]And mumbled a sentence that ended with James
[00:39.71]I was young and caught in the crowd
[00:42.08]I didn't know then what I know now
[00:45.23]I was dumb and I was proud and I'm sorry
[00:50.77]If I could go back, do it again
[00:53.70]I'd be someone you could call friend
[00:56.57]Please, please believe that I'm sorry
[01:01.88]Well, he was quite a big guy, kinda shy and quiet
[01:04.82]When the kids called him weird, he didn't try to deny it
[01:07.58]Every lunchtime he'd spend walking by himself
[01:10.30]'Round the boundary of the grounds 'til he heard the bell
[01:13.00]Well, one day I found him, joined him on his walk
[01:15.83]We were silent for a while until we started to talk
[01:18.54]I told him my family were fighting in court
[01:21.59]He said his step-dad and him always fought
[01:24.74]We talked about music, he was into punk
[01:27.07]Told me all the bands that I liked were junk
[01:30.04]I said I'd never heard the songs the Sex Pistols sang
[01:32.63]I laughed back at him and then the bell rang
[01:41.68]I was young and caught in the crowd
[01:44.50]I didn't know then what I know now
[01:47.36]I was dumb and I was proud and I'm sorry
[01:52.90]If I could go back, do it again
[01:55.80]I'd be someone you could call friend
[01:58.62]Please, please believe that I'm sorry
[02:15.09]It was after school in the afternoon
[02:17.61]The corridors were crowded as we came out of the rooms
[02:20.52]Three guys I knew pushed him into the cement
[02:23.89]Threw away his bag and said he had no friends
[02:26.30]He yelled that he did and he looked around
[02:28.99]Tried getting up but they pushed him on down
[02:31.95]That's when he saw me, called out my name
[02:37.36]And I turned my back and just walked away
[02:42.85]Yeah, I turned my back and just walked away
[02:49.16]I was young and caught in the crowd
[02:52.03]I didn't know then what I know now
[02:54.83]I was dumb and I was proud and I'm sorry
[03:00.53]If I could go back, do it again
[03:03.31]I'd be someone you could call friend
[03:06.13]Please, please believe that I'm sorry
[03:17.73]Please, please believe that I'm sorry