Parting Words

In your old town, you did just what you had to keep distance

But they grabbed you with novocaine

You said you're "sober now"

Yet you were followed by the demons of a past life you believed in

That you just could not live down

I still look up to you, though you're buried in the ground

You're buried there now

Took passion over paycheque re-write your families pages

Survive your vices tail end, for a life that you can't shake

I took the day off for your funeral, but I left "

On read" your message

The guilt tears me apart from my heart that I couldn't call a medic

I can't believe that you're gone

I wish you knew just how we loved you, I vie to see you one last time

You hid away with the pain

Carry the weight of everything you've come to hate

As falling apart is so conducive with this place

I thought at the wake at how your death is such a shame

I whispered your name and watched them carry you away

I look back to last February

When you made it out of the state to your sanctuary

Smiling with your eyes, I thought that you would be alright

And we live for you each day, knowing that you'd do the same

If kindness had a name, you'd take its place

We all tried our whole life to keep you safe

My brother, I love you

I won't forget your face

I wish I took your place

Let the blood out from my veins

And fill yours till I'm drained

You carried all the weight, every day

How's the view from up above?

It's true, I wish you knew just how much we loved you