[Intro]
Ash on my hands
Name on my chest
I walked in alone
Still, I was blessed
[Verse 1]
We didn’t match last names
Didn’t share old scars
No cradle, no cradle song
No stories in the yard
I learned to lace my pain
Like boots before the fight
Heart hunched in the hallway
Afraid of the light
But you came like thunder
In a borrowed coat
Laughing at the darkness
Like it had no hold
Pulled my shame up, shoulder to shoulder
Said, “You’re not broken
You’re just older than your years”
[Chorus]
Blood isn’t necessary for brotherhood
We were written in a language
Only heaven understood
God gives what we weren’t granted
When the ground has given way
He builds a table in the ruins
Says, “Sit down, you stay”
If the world turns its back
We still stand in His hand
Brother born of fire
Not of the same man
[Verse 2]
I’ve seen fathers disappear
Like smoke in the rain
Promises like paper
So easy to flame
We learned duty from the hunger
Faith from the lack
Hope from the echo
When no one called back
Then grace drew a blueprint
In the dust of our days
Linked our lonely stories
With invisible chains
It wasn’t in the mirror
It wasn’t in the face
It was in how you stayed
When it all went strange
[Pre-Chorus]
Who taught your heart my storms?
Who told your soul my name?
I never knew the script
Till you stepped through the frame (hey)
[Chorus]
Blood isn’t necessary for brotherhood
We were written in a language
Only heaven understood
God gives what we weren’t granted
When the ground has given way
He builds a table in the ruins
Says, “Sit down, you stay”
If the world turns its back
We still stand in His hand
Brother born of fire
Not of the same man
[Bridge]
(Oh) I’ve been empty
Cup cracked, turned down
Then your hand and His hand
Lifted it from the ground
Where I was lacking
He was already there
Pouring courage through your voice
Into my despair
Every gap, every fracture
Every jagged space
He was carving out a harbor
For your face
Now when I falter
You’re the echo I hear
A reminder that my Father
Keeps His promise through the years (woah)
[Chorus]
Blood isn’t necessary for brotherhood
We were written in a language
Only heaven understood
God gives what we weren’t granted
When the ground has given way
He builds a table in the ruins
Says, “Sit down, you stay”
If the world turns its back
We still stand in His hand
Brother born of fire
Not of the same man
[Outro]
So take my name
I’ll take your scars
We are proof that heaven
Rewrites who we are
Where the story started
Isn’t where it ends
Brother by His mercy
Brother to the end (yeah)