Carry Me, I'll Carry You

We were kids with crooked halos, grass-stained knees And summer plans. Trading secrets on the school bus, Drawing maps in dusty hands. You laughed first when I was falling. You stayed late when others flew. Every chapter, every old scar seems to trace its Way to you. We were learning how to be in a world That moved too fast. You just sat beside my fear, said, "This moment will not last." When the road gets long and I can't see Through, you say, "Lean on me, I'll believe for Two." When my colors fade into shades of blue, You carry me, I'll carry you. That's what real friends do. Years have sketched their little lines now on our Faces, on our hearts. We have lost and we have rebuilt. We have drifted, come apart. But your number is the lifeline in that three AM despair. You pick up before the first ring, Like you always knew I'm there. We don't always have to talk. Silence feels like something kind. Just the rhythm of your breathing helps me quiet Down my mind. When the road gets long and I can't see Through, you say, "Lean on me, I'll believe for Two." When my colors fade into shades of blue, You carry me, I'll carry you. That's what real friends do. We don't need a perfect picture. We are bright and we are bruised. We are mornings after storms. We are choosing to stay true. If the sky begins to splinter, If the ground begins to shake, Take my hand, we'll stand together, Every fear we learn to face. When the road gets long and I can't see Through, you say, "Lean on me, I'll believe for Two." When my colors fade into shades of blue, You carry me, I'll carry you. That's what real friends do. Side by side through every season, Every joy and every bruise. Till the day we're old and laughing, You carry me, I'll carry you.