Brother Video (MV)

I closed my eyes and sang along to all the songs
Just 'cause I liked the sound
I took off my shoes and sank my feet down in the basin
Long before I let my old self drown
I still have that old mix tape
Though I've forgotten most of the songs
A decade's gone by, yet it's still stuck around
From hell to breakfast, though I'm long gone
Can we ever breathe the same air again
I picked up the book you gave me
Just as you were setting yours down
It still smells just like that old high school band room
You must have felt like I do now
Were you ashamed
I know that naiveté
Nothing's ever that simple again
How could it be
Why would it be
Did you get hardened in the hurt
But I long for that beauty
In simplicity
Though the song sounds different now
My voice still feels the same
(His strength, our hearts to mend)
(It takes time to open hands)
Can we ever
(make time to open hands)
Will we ever breathe the same air again?
And all this to say
I should put down the pen
And pick up the phone
But I don't know how to say this
Or if the choir's still listening
Just pick up the phone
And pull up a chair
Put down these miles and years
Swallow my awkward apprehension
Or spit it in an empty glass
Broken bones and bruises wrought my family
Just as well as blood
I never knew enough to call you brother then
But I still wear your stitches on my heart
I'll always wear your stitches on my heart