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COUPLET 1

Every step of the way you walk beside me,

Every step of the way your shadow whispers.

Memory’s a burden when stories entwine

And the one that’s ended stays rooted in yours.

What if I join you there by the river?

Can we still change what’s been written in stone?

PONT 1

Every family gives you a part

That’s forever yours to keep and play.

You don’t get to choose,

For such are the rules,

There’s no turning back once they give you a name.

COUPLET 2

You’ll be the one who gets all the credit,

I’ll be the one who gets all the blame.

You’ll be the good brother, I’ll be the lazy one,

Bad seed, black sheep, coward, loser.

COUPLET 3

Why should I carry your weight on my shoulders?

Why should I turn into my brother’s keeper?

What if I join you there by the river?

Can we still change what’s been written in blood?

PARTIE CALME

Now you’ll remain forever the perfect one,

Frozen in time

I’ll be the one locked up

Straining to hear your voice at night.

Alternate endings to this sorry tale.

We could be heroes

Make up new rules to play this game.

REFRAIN

This is a call in anguish and sorrow

From a brother to a shadow.

Can you forgive me, can you forget,

Will time ever soften the blow?

This is a call in anguish and sorrow

From a brother to a shadow.

Will you forgive me, will you forget,

Will time ever soften the blow?

PONT 2

Your voice is the flow that runs through my veins,

I walk every step to the beat of your heart,

Driving me forward to cross every line

That kept us apart for so many nights.

Let’s make this town forever a clean slate,

A blank page to write a new tale upon.

Let’s be new brothers with no parts to play,

No more stupid Gavin, no more clever Miles.

Let’s go back in time, it’s never too late.