You've wrapped your arms around a ghost You've been chasing what you're running from And that's what scares me most You used to speak your truth so loud Now I'm deaf from all the silence And the distance and the doubt Dreaming about losing all your teeth And begging for relief Just a moment spent in peace The beauty you'd never seen before You never dared explore You won't see it anymore In the ruins from the fire In the wreckage from the crash The tangled wires inside your heart Have now twisted around your neck I tried to save you, god I tried I couldn't numb the hurt inside Cast aside for all your sins But not by me I took you for a drink to disappear We talked and laughed and reminisced And traded in our tears On that night I did believe That I could swim inside your bloodstream to your heart And kill your grief This world's gone and swallowed you up whole And down it's throat you go Into the belly of the beast You wear that smile as your disguise But I see behind those deep blue eyes And I've watched you slowly die In the ruins from the fire In the wreckage from the crash The tangled wires inside your heart Have now twisted around your neck I couldn't save you in the end I'll always miss you my dear friend No more whiskey, no more blood Just loss and love Brother I will be here Brother I have stayed I will read your poems Remember you that way Brother I am lonely I'm lost without your light But I will burn a candle And sing your song tonight