[Verse 1]
We were kids in the same torn jacket
Shared a room
Shared the same last name
You swore you'd always have my back
I swore I'd take your blame
Poker night in the busted basement
You laughed
Said "trust me
It'll pay"
Now I'm staring at the cops and chaos
And you're already walking away
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Brothers like scars
I thought we were carved in the same hard heart
You ran when it burned
Left me alone in the crash and the dirt
You said "for life" then you turned your car
Now I'm learning how to heal
From brothers like scars
[Verse 2]
Mom still sets you a place at dinner
Fork and knife where your ghost sits down
She asks me if I've heard you lately
I just chew and I choke it down
Your old boots by the back door waiting
Laces tied like they're set to run
Funny how the smallest pieces
Weigh more than a loaded gun
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[Bridge]
Did you flinch when they spoke my sentence?
Did my name shake your hands that night?
I still reach for my phone on the bad days
Then remember why we don't write
[low vocal register] I forgive you in the dark sometimes
[swell of guitars] Then the daylight says I'm wrong
I'm torn between the blood we share
And the cut where you belong
[Chorus]