Another Arm

I see you through the distance
Like nothing ever changed
Same face, same old silence
But everything’s rearranged

We stood on different corners
Of streets we used to own
Now every step between us
Feels like a line of stone

They put this in my hands now
Said this is who I am
But I still hear your laughter
In everything I am

No one asked the question
No one told us why
Just pointed at the horizon
And told us where to fire

And I’m standing in another arm
But I don’t know how
We were never enemies
So what are we now

If I pull this trigger
Does it make it right
Or just turn two memories
Into another night

I remember every summer
Every field, every sound
Now there’s only distance
Where we used to be found

And I don’t see a stranger
No matter what they say
I see the same damn brother
Just standing in my way

And I’m standing in another arm
But I don’t understand
How they turned our story
Into this command

If I aim at your shadow
Do I lose myself
Or just leave what we were
Somewhere else

If you call my name
I swear I’ll hear it still
Somewhere past the noise
Somewhere past the will

And I’m standing in another arm
But it’s not my place
I won’t turn your memory
Into something erased

If this ends in silence
Let it not be hate
‘Cause I still know your name
And I carry your weight

Another arm
Same sky