We were kids with nothing but time Same jokes, same road home Laughing loud at stupid things Never felt like we were alone You were family, more than friends Every day felt safe somehow Never thought a normal night Would be the one that cuts us down Wrong place, wrong time Just a face they thought they knew One second walking side by side Next second I’m losing you You were my brother, not by blood But by every day we survived Attached at the hip, side by side Trying to learn how to be alive I still hear your laugh in quiet rooms Still talk to you when I’m alone They took you way too young that night Now I walk this world on my own Streetlights shaking on the ground Running feet, no warning sound I heard steel before I knew Everything just breaking down Blood on my hands, I’m screaming out Begging strangers, begging God In your eyes I saw the fear You didn’t want this, didn’t want to stop I held you there, I wouldn’t let go Like love could cheat the end That moment never leaves my head It just replays again and again You were my brother, not by blood But by every day we survived Attached at the hip, side by side Trying to learn how to be alive I still hear your laugh in quiet rooms Still talk to you when I’m alone They took you way too young that night Now I walk this world on my own Fifteen years, that’s all you had Just a kid in a borrowed street Wrong name, wrong face, wrong moment Now the world’s missing a piece I felt your weight, I felt you fade That’s a pain that doesn’t heal Seeing your soul leave your body Was the most real thing I’ve ever felt You were my brother, not by blood But by every day we survived Attached at the hip, side by side Trying to learn how to be alive I still hear your laugh in quiet rooms Still talk to you when I’m alone They took you way too young that night Now I walk this world on my own
