[Intro] It’s hard to bear what once four shoulders carried, Alone with the weight, when your soul feels buried. Wires of sorrow, tightly bound and tight, My heart is heavy in this endless fight. [Verse 1] Youth was a dream, so wild, so free, With waxen wings we soared the sky and sea. The sun burned down, we fell from high above, But friendship caught us, woven words of love. You bore my load when I couldn’t stand, Our strength combined, like carved-out granite sand. I pulled the rope when your strength was spent, You fought for me when my will was bent. [Instrumental] [Verse 2] You strummed the chords, I spoke the lines, Together we shaped songs that still shine. The world has never seen, and never will again, A bond like marble, forged by four brave men. But even stone will crack and fade, When spiteful seeds in hearts are laid. The soul will suffer when the roots go dry, Now we’re bound in chains of pride and lies. [Instrumental] [Verse 3] The winds that filled our sails are gone, And now we’re offstage in this closing song. Each to a compass, we drifted far apart, Left no tomorrow from our golden start. No shoulder waits to lift me through the wall, No friendly voice to answer when I call. My mind still writes the verses clear and strong, But chords no longer carry them along. [Instrumental] [Verse 4] I long for the light, for a brighter dawn, When gloom will lift and the clouds are gone. When you knock once more, dear friends I miss, Until I breathe my last—you’ll have my heart’s kiss. [Outro] I long for the light, for a brighter dawn, When gloom will lift and the clouds are gone. When you knock once more, dear friends I miss, Until I breathe my last—you’ll have my heart’s kiss. [Instrumental – slow, shredding guitar solo] [End]
