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I was the shadow in the doorway, high on my own mistakes

You were my little princess, laughing through the breaks

I said I'd be there to guard you when the world got mean and cold

But I was chasing empty fire and letting my own heart fold

Now every sleepless morning feels like a debt I never paid

I hear your name in the hallway like a prayer I should have stayed

I'm sorry I was gone when you needed me near

Sorry I let the dark get louder than the fear

You were never supposed to carry all that weight alone

I was meant to be your shelter, meant to bring you home

Now I'm standing in the wreckage, trying to make it right

With a broken kind of love and a bruised-up kind of light

I didn't see the bruises hiding under all your smiles

Didn't read the silent tremble running down the miles

I was lost in borrowed poison, thinking I could outrun pain

While you were learning how to breathe inside the wreckage and the rain

If I could trade these wasted years for one clean honest day

I'd carry every ghost you have and keep the hurt away

I'm sorry I was gone when you needed me near

Sorry I let the dark get louder than the fear

You were never supposed to carry all that weight alone

I was meant to be your shelter, meant to bring you home

Now I'm standing in the wreckage, trying to make it right

With a broken kind of love and a bruised-up kind of light

If you still hear me, sister, don't let my failure name your worth

You were always more than damage, more than what they did on earth

I can't erase the nights I left, I can't give back what broke

But I can learn to be the brother that I promised when we spoke

I'm sorry I was gone when you needed me near

Sorry I let the dark get louder than the fear

You were never supposed to carry all that weight alone

I was meant to be your shelter, meant to bring you home

Now I'm standing in the wreckage, trying to make it right

With a broken kind of love and a bruised-up kind of lightI'll keep my word from here on out, no more running, no more lies

If you reach for me, I'll answer with both hands and open eyes

Because you were my best friend first, and you'll always be my star

And I'm sorry I forgot that truth when I lost who we are