Lyrics

By Bryant Switzky

I remember how you’d laugh
We'd sit around and play your old guitar
We’d blow smoke in swirls and talk about girls
As we look up at the stars

I remember how you looked
Standing with your sunglasses on your head
You were an idol to me, who I wanted to be
I hung on every word you said

I remember when you died
So much love and so much pain
Nothing else mattered in the world, consumed by the swirl
Of so many feelings I couldn't explain

Here's to you my brother, I wish you were here
We'd have a laugh and raise a glass to each and every year
It's hard to believe how long it's been
What I would give to see you again

I remember holding on
To every object in your room
Trying to feel you still there with your shades in your hair
Laying around on a warm afternoon

I remember how things changed
Mom and dad were never the same
They kept searching for you in every hue
Desperate for whispers of your name

Here's to you my brother, I wish you were here
We'd have a laugh and raise a glass to each and every year
It's hard to believe how long it's been
What I would give to see you again

I did my time shaking fists at the sky
It never did me any good
You crashed your car
You were gone, and it was hard
That was all that I understood

I remember being lost
Wasn't sure I wanted to survive
Whatever I did I was just a kid
Trying to keep your memory alive

I remember as time passed
You began to fade from the screen
It tried to keep true to you as I changed and I grew
And you were still stuck at seventeen

Here's to you my brother, I wish you were here
We'd have a laugh and raise a glass to each and every year
It's hard to believe how long it's been
What I would give to see you again
I remember when
I'll see you again
I remember when
I'll see you again
I'll see you again