[Verse 1] haunting vocals We were barely not teenagers, Still bleeding from our youth. I had two little girls depending On a mother finding truth. I was fighting in a house Where love meant fear and staying small, Where silence was survival, And submission built the walls. And somewhere past my own war, I could feel you slipping too. Different chains around our throats, But the same old haunted wound. We had survived so much as friends, But this was something new. You weren’t just getting lost this time, Something dark was eating you. [Chorus] crescendo with back ground vocals And I can’t sit and watch you die slow, I can’t love you through the grave. I can’t hold your hand in darkness While you throw yourself away. You were my shelter, you were my mirror, My brother in all but name. But addiction is a monster Wearing pieces of your face. And I swear my friend is still in there, Buried under all that shame. But I can’t bleed beside you Just to prove I would have stayed. [Verse 2] raging vocals You lost your family, lost your home, Lost the child you loved the most. Lost your faith and lost your footing, Lost yourself inside the ghost. Meth came like a hungry beast, With its teeth inside your soul. It took the friend I remembered And left someone I didn’t know. I hated every mile between us, But the distance wasn’t what broke me. It was watching you disappear While pretending you were free. It was knowing I could call your name And still not bring you back. It was loving my oldest friend While mourning what you lacked. [Bridge] haunting vocals with background vocals But don’t you think I left you. Don’t you think I don’t still pray. There is not a year behind me Where I didn’t speak your name. If you called me up this morning, Said, “I’m ready, I need help,” I’d be in the car in seconds, Dragging hope down from the shelf. I’d drive you to the doctors. I’d sit with you through fear. I’d remind you who you were Before the poison brought you here. [Breakdown] crescendo But I cannot choose it for you. I cannot crawl inside your skin. I cannot fight the war you feed Then call it friendship again. God still has His hands on you. Grace still waits outside the door. But you have to turn around And want your life back more. [Final Chorus] haunting and rage vocals I can’t sit and watch you die slow, Though it tears my heart in two. I had to step away from death Without stepping away from you. You were my shelter, you were my mirror, The friend who helped me breathe. And somewhere under all this ruin, I still believe you could be free. But the light is getting smaller, And I’m scared you won’t come home. So I pray where I can’t reach you, And I love you from the road. [Outro] back ground vocals If this life never brings you back, I hope mercy knows your name. I hope God finds the boy I knew Still breathing through the pain. And if that small light starts to flicker, If you ever choose to fight, Call my name into the darkness— I’ll come running toward the light.
