If I Could Trade Places

**(Hook)** If I could trade places, I'd take every scar, Take every bad day, every tear, every dark, If I could trade places, I'd go wherever you are, I'd give anything I own just to bring back my brother. If I could trade places, I'd carry that weight, Take every consequence, every second of fate, But life doesn't negotiate, death doesn't wait, So I'm left with these memories and a heart full of ache. **(Verse 1)** If I could've traded places, I'd have taken your position, Taken every bit of suffering, every fucking complication, I would've walked into the darkness if it meant you'd keep existing, I would've given you my heartbeat, every breath and every minute. That's the kind of love that's difficult to explain to another, You don't understand the sacrifice until you lose a fucking brother, Now I'm stuck inside the aftermath, dissecting every detail, Trying to find a different ending hidden somewhere in the same tale. Could've been me, should've been me, that's the thought that keeps repeating, Every night when I'm alone and all the memories start speaking, I keep asking hypothetical questions with impossible conclusions, Like a different choice could somehow change the fucking execution. But I know that I can't bargain with the past or negotiate it, Can't rewind the hands of time, can't erase what already happened, So I carry all this guilt even when I know that it ain't mine, 'Cause the heart don't follow logic when it's grieving someone vital. **(Hook)** If I could trade places, I'd take every scar, Take every bad day, every tear, every dark, If I could trade places, I'd go wherever you are, I'd give anything I own just to bring back my brother. If I could trade places, I'd carry that weight, Take every consequence, every second of fate, But life doesn't negotiate, death doesn't wait, So I'm left with these memories and a heart full of ache. **(Verse 2)** I would've traded every dream just to see you wake again, Every dollar, every record, every fucking place I've ever been, I'd give up the applause, give up the recognition, If it meant I could sit beside you and finish our conversation. I know that's impossible, but the feeling doesn't care, Grief can make you build a universe where maybe you're still there, So I visit that dimension every time I hear your voice, Every photograph becomes another chance to make a different choice. Maybe I should've called you, maybe I should've checked in, Maybe I should've recognized the signs before the ending, Maybe I would've saved you, maybe nothing would've changed, That's the torture of the "what if," every possibility remains. But I refuse to let the guilt become the only thing I carry, You were more than how you died, more than memories buried, You were laughter, you were family, you were blood inside my veins, And I'll honor who you were instead of only mourning what was taken. **(Bridge)** If I could trade places, I'd do it without hesitation, No money, no fame, no destination Could ever change the equation. But I can't trade places, So I'll carry what remains, Your memory in my heartbeat, Your name inside my veins. **(Final Hook)** If I could trade places, I'd take every scar, Take every bad day, every tear, every dark, If I could trade places, I'd go wherever you are, I'd give anything I own just to bring back my brother. If I could trade places, I'd carry that weight, But I can't rewrite history or renegotiate fate, So I'll turn every tear into a reason to create, And I'll carry you forever till I see you at the gates.