Brother

Jack says

he lies awake at night

He stares at the ceiling

til it looks like a lie

He says he wants

someone to hold

on to but the

the grief and pain

the pain and the pain,

pain and pain

He wears his

brothers clothes

He runs with

no shoes on

Experiments

with makeup

Hasn’t found

the right shade though

Jack says he’s

got a new girlfriend

she don’t like him

but they both play pretend

She says she

just wants something to hold on to

but her grief

and the pain

the pain and pain

Again and again

the pain

She wears her

brothers clothes

she runs with nowhere to go

Experiments

with new drugs

Hasn’t found

the right taste though

They run

from their lost love

They can’t shake

their ghosts off

Experiment

with moving on

Haven’t found

the right pace though

One day they will

nine years or one day

it’s all the same

nine years or one day

they’re in the grave

nine years or one day

it’s all the same

cause it’s all the same

when they’re in the grave