Two women in a kitchen, a secret pact made, A deal in the shadows, a debt to be paid. One lives in a mansion with a garden so wide, The other’s in a terrace with nowhere to hide. They split them at birth, like a deck of cards dealt, Ignoring the gravity of the blow that they felt. "Tell no one," they whispered, "let the secret just lie," While one twin gets the gold, and the other gets by. I’m Mickey from the street, with dirt on my knees, Playing out in the alley, doing just what I please. I met this kid Eddie, who looks just like me, He’s got a posh accent and his lunches are free. We hit it off instantly, a bond in our blood, Mixed up like brothers in the rain and the mud. We made a blood oath, a "best friend" tattoo, Not knowing the lie that our mothers both knew. But the postcodes started pulling us further apart, Changing the rhythm and the beat of the heart. Eddie went to private school, headed for the top, While my life started feeling like a permanent stop. No jobs in the city, the factory closed down, Just a gray cloud hanging over my side of the town. I ended up in trouble, I ended up in a cell, While my "brother" was living in a five-star hotel. I’m out on the street now, hooked on the pills, Lost in a cycle that slowly just kills. I see Eddie in his suit, he’s a big-shot MP, And I realize he’s got the life that belonged to me. He’s got the girl that I love, he’s got the success, While I’m just a ghost in a high-vis dress. I grabbed the hardware, I headed for the hall, Ready to let the whole empire fall. I’m standing at the podium, shaking with the weight, The mothers are screaming, "It’s too late! It’s too late!" They finally drop the bomb, the truth hits the floor: "You were brothers all along, behind the same door." I looked at my twin through the sights and the glare, And shouted, "I could’ve been him! It’s just not fair!" One shot, then another, the lights went to black, Two lives in the gutter that we can't take back. Now the neighborhood's quiet, the story is done, About the twins who were parted but died as one. Was it a "curse" from the start, like a scary old song? Or just a system that treated one of them wrong? We blame the "superstition" or a crack in the glass, But the real killer was the divide in the class.
