For Better or Worse

Best friends for life starting at the Dance Dance Revolution machine

It was like I was looking at an angel when I first met you at 14

We’d hit the corner store for snacks we couldn’t afford

And laugh like idiots cause together we were never bored Pizza nights sitting on the floor

Arguing over who would be a bigger whore And don’t get me started on how we love to fight

You always swear you’re right, but I know I’m right

We argue over dumb stuff, like who would you fuck in a game?

Or whose bad idea lit the kitchen in flames

We roast each other like it’s our favorite sport

But the laughs hit harder than the retorts

We played games till the sun rose, talking trash like pros

Competing over everything, even who’d fold their clothes

We’ve shared headphones, played the same song on repeat

Cried together over losses, celebrated every small feat

I remember when you were torn down by that racist ex girlfriend

With each other secrets are the safest they've ever been

Your wingman when you crashed and burned,

You were the first person there when my tables turned

Two bros just carving out a place to belong

Even when the world told us we were doing it wrong

Two kids running from a horror story to tell

No hope for losers like us who come from hell

But I told you it would be for better or worse

I'd sit with you in a box on the street

If it meant I'd never see you in a hearse

Or worse,

Having children with that racist bitch who's a curse

Because when we laugh together, it's real

And in you I found the kind of safe I could really feel

We’ve laughed till we couldn’t breathe

To distract from life ripping apart at the seams

Bros like us don’t need a lot to survive

Just each other and a reason to feel alive

Two kids just promising each other to get better

End the curse of trauma and we'll do it together

I won't give up on you if you won't give up on me

And we will walk the fires of hell

Our fingers interlaced between

You're going to get the worst of me I'm going to get the worst of you

But if we can still hold each other

Until the darkest night is through

One day like butterflies we will both be new

I remember when you told me your dreams

All you ever wanted was to be a daddy

I saw your potential so I made it reality

Although to be honest?

Children were never really for me

But my entire world shifted

And you saw a potential that I couldn't see

Said "I do" at the birth of our first son

Thought it would be the best choice to protect ourselves from everyone

You told me better or worse and I said the same

So buckle up as we ride through the worst curse in both of our names

But I promised until better and you promised me too

So I am not going anywhere until we see this vow through

It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t clean

Two broken people just chasing a dream Words like knives, wounds we couldn’t see

You the worst of you, and I, the worst of me

We’ve both walked the edge, close to letting it go

Living in chaos only we could know

I’ve seen you at your lowest, and you’ve seen mine

But even in the dark, we refused to draw the line

It was ugly, it was brutal, it was raw and unfair

Two people so broken, but we didn’t care.

So yeah, it was messy but that’s how we survived

Two kids who were cursed kept each other alive

Because I promised until better, and you promised me too

So I’m not going anywhere until we see this vow through

And when we finally stand in the light someday

We’ll know we earned it the hardest way

But you're still my best friend

So when we both get better in the end

I want to see you spread your wings

Two kids who never got to experience anything

But dreamed of more, even from the start

So I know we'll always hold a space in each other's heart

This family is solid there is no tearing it apart

Two kids who came from hell, but didn’t let it define

We’re rewriting the story, redrawing the line

And when the storm clears and the cocoon’s torn through,

I’ll still be here, your best friend, for you

So when we both get better in the end

If you find yourself wanting a girlfriend

And you want to go visit an island

Can I come as your best friend?

I won't make it awkward I'll get a boyfriend

Although I don't think either one of us bend...

But hey, whose to say

We never got to experience life that way

Third wheeling like a champ, I’ll follow the rules

Because watching you live would be really fucking cool

Well roast each other a little, but it's only in love

Cause seeing me and you happy is more than enough

Or maybe I’ll watch you by a beach, open a shop

Or get your name on something big, something that pops

Maybe I’ll see you on a stage,

Sharing your story, tearing down rage

Whatever it is, I’ll be there, cheering you on

Two kids, now grown, learning to be strong

We’re two kids from nothing, and we promised each other

To break the curse, to fight, to recover

I won’t give up on you if you don’t give up on me

And when you find more dreams, I’ll be the first to see

What an honor it would be to see you use your wings to fly

Two kids come from the projects where dreams go to die

What an honor it’d be to see you use your wings to fly

You deserve it all, the sun, and the whole damn sky When we’re free, man, the world’s ours to take

We’ll hit the beach, grab tacos, and stay out late

We’ll try everything, skydiving, jet skis, and more

Get a matching tattoos, maybe a dumb one we’ll adore

Hit up concerts, festivals, and every kind of scene

Watch the sunrise in places we’ve never been

We’ll toast to the fact we survived all the fights

Turn nights into mornings and mornings into nights

Man, we’ll live it up as big as it can get

Because after all this, we’ve got no regrets.

Best friends starting at the Dance Dance Revolution machine

Drinking Arizona ice tea

I never knew how much you would mean to me

Helped me realize a dream

I never knew I was meant to see

Of what it means to heal, to fight, to try,

To hold on when the odds say goodbye

So let the world whisper what it will say,

We’ve built a future from the ruins of yesterday

Two kids, now grown, who were meant to fall apart

Instead built a castle from the rubble of their hearts