Taken By the Tide

Remember the time we shared our first cigarette?

Late at night

Whiskey and the Fountainhead

And though you were younger

Still you stole the first kiss

Well it seems so long ago

We were just kids

Brother I thought that you would be there till the end

You were my rock upon which I could always depend

Together we fought and never left each other's side

Brother I reached out but you were taken by the tide

Taken by the tide

We swam in cenotes in southern Mexico

Though the water was warm

Well the cracks had started to show

You watched the Pacific Sunrise on New Year's Day

Next to me but your heart was a million miles away

Brother I thought that you would be there till the end

"You are my watchman," I said, "You are my best friend"

"It's time for me to go," so softly you replied

Brother I reached out but you were taken by the tide

You were taken by the tide

The lights are on

No one is home

You've gone away

The lights are on

No one is home

You've gone away

Brother I thought that you would be there till the end

You and I know we said some things we never meant

Forever our dreams will burn upon the funeral pyre

Brother I reached out but you were taken by the tide