We’re boys in a place that don’t raise boys right Concrete cracks and a flicker of light
He learned early how to swing, how to stand I learned early how to slip through the cracks of a man
He took the hits that were meant for me Wore him like armor nobody could see
While I stayed quiet, kept out of sight He was the shield in the dead of night
Yeah he carried more than a kid should hold Turned pain into something cold
I’m my brother’s keeper through the dark and the deep He was the one who was fightin’ for me
Now I see the way that he couldn’t outrun So I’ll stand in the fire till the damage is done
If he’s losing his way, I ain’t letting him go I’ll carry the pain he don’t want to show
If love’s all I got, then it’s all that I’ll give I’ll bleed if it means he still gets to live
Yeah even when the night gets deeper I’m my brother’s keeper
He grew tall, but the shadows did too Started fighting things I never knew
Demons whisper in the back of his mind Saying you ain’t worth nothing, just run and hide
Bottle on the table and start to shake Tryna drown out every memory that aches
I see the war in his bloodshot eyes But he just laughs it off, says I’m fine
But I can hear what he won’t say loud There’s a storm he can’t outrun now
I’m my brother’s keeper through the dark and the deep He was the one who was fightin’ for me
Now I see the way that he couldn’t outrun So I’ll stand in the fire till the damage is done
If he’s losing his way, I ain’t letting him go I’ll carry the pain he don’t want to show
If love’s all I got, then it’s all that I’ll give I’ll bleed if it means he still gets to live
Yeah, even when the night gets deeper
I was the ghost in the back of the room He was the fire that lit up the gloom
Now I’m reaching through the smoke and the pain Tryna pull my brother back again
You don’t gotta carry this alone You don’t gotta fight what you can’t outrun
I see you, I hear you, don’t let go I ain’t leaving you here on your own
I’m my brother’s keeper through the dark and the deep He was the one who was fightin’ for me
Now I see the way that he couldn’t outrun So I’ll stand in the fire till the damage is done
If he’s losing his way, I ain’t letting him go I’ll carry the pain he don’t want to show
If love’s all I got, then it’s all that I’ll give I’ll bleed if it means he still gets to live
Yeah, even when the night gets deeper
I’m my brother’s keeper
There’s a night where the silence cuts like a knife
He’s on the edge, tired of fighting his life I see that look, yeah, I’ve seen it before
But this time he ain’t hiding it anymore
So I sit beside him, no words, just time Let the weight of the world spill out of his mind
You don’t need fixing, don’t need a cure Just someone who stays, someone who’s sure
