If you were my brother

[Verse 1]
If you were my brother
Falling through the blue
Stepping out of heaven
Like a story I once knew
Remember how the water
Held us in its weave
Silk against our shoulders
Made it hard to leave

[Chorus]
If you were my brother
If you were my son
If you were the voice
I could never outrun
I’m still waking up
From that ancient dream
Trying to find the one
You thought you’d seen in me

[Verse 2]
Reverent
I listened
Every patient word
Watched your mouth in motion
More than what I heard
I rose up from the river
Shivering and clear
Wondering who you spoke to
When you called me “dear”

[Chorus]
If you were my brother
If you were my son
If you were the voice
I could never outrun
I’m still waking up
From that ancient dream
Trying to find the one
You thought you’d seen in me

[Bridge]
If you were my friend
We’d sit in simple peace
Talking in the half-light
Letting all the shadows cease
I’m not shaking anymore
(quiet now, I see)
Light unhooks from darkness
You unhook from me

[Chorus]
If you were my brother
If you were my son
If you were the speech
I could rest upon
I’m still waking up
From that ancient dream
But the light has parted
And I finally meet
Who I am to me