The Thicker Water

[Intro] [Verse 1] I met you in motion, a detour, a sign, A shared midnight couch or a whispered soft line. You didn't know the scars I brought from the start, Just saw a blank chapter and offered your art. We stayed up to solve all the problems of youth, In borrowed old trucks, we went searching for truth. No papers were signed, no last name on the door, But you pick up the phone when I’m broken on the floor. Yeah, you are the mirror that holds me in check, The kind of good history you'd never regret. [Chorus] It's a circle unbroken, it’s a house built on sand, It’s the anchor that holds when you can't find the land. It's the laughter and silence, it’s the good and the bad, It's the only true fortune a poor soul ever had. And when the fire’s too high, you are standing with me, You are everything solid in the wide, open sea. [Verse 2] These roots they run deep, whether twisted or straight, A map on my face and a name I can't shake. They taught me the language and how to stand tall, They were the first witness before the great fall. We carry the baggage and battle the years, Through loud Sunday dinners and unspoken tears. You can move to the coast and pretend to be new, But the echoes of home will still follow through. It’s a complicated love, a familiar old weight, The one door you walk through, regardless of fate. [Bridge] We spend half our lives tryin' to sever the tie, Then we spend the next half just learning to try... Try to connect what the universe split, The ties that are pulled, and the ones that just fit. [Chorus] It's a circle unbroken, it’s a house built on sand, It’s the anchor that holds when you can't find the land. It's the laughter and silence, it’s the good and the bad, It's the only true fortune a poor soul ever had. And when the fire’s too high, you are standing with me, You are everything solid in the wide, open sea. [Verse 3] We didn't share cribs, but we share all the scars, You showed up with blankets and drove me in cars. You’re the sister I needed, the brother I sought, The quiet permission for battles I fought. You came at a moment when I was adrift, A perfect replacement, a comforting gift. The history's short, but the loyalty's long, The place where I go when I feel something wrong. We built this new lineage with honesty's brick, And if one of us fails, the others will pick. [Verse 4] They say the b***d is the covenant, the bond that's supreme, But sometimes the water runs clear as a stream. I’ve seen kin turn away from the desperate plea, I've seen strangers save strangers on their own decree. The b***d only binds when the spirit is free, But the water we choose is a flowing decree. 'Cause the b***d of the covenant, the truth that I know, Is thicker than water wherever it flows. And I choose the water I've traveled with you, The family I earned, and the promises true. [Outro]