Never In Your Shadow, Never Far Away

I will go first, because I’m older
Just ‘cause you were closer to the door
We got our start with you right there beside me
How could I be part of someone more?
From those beginnings, I knew something
Rooted in the softness where we grew
Out of that time, our lives would be entwined
Couldn’t be any more the same—or different—than you.

Being by each other
Through life, and school, and play
Helps me understand
Someone will hold my hand
Never in your shadow, but
Never far away

There will be times when we go our diff’rent ways
Times when we fight for the same thing
But we’ll always know our deepest hopes and goals
And be there as our sep’rate dreams take wing
As the years unfold, I will still see you
Always in my vision or my heart
For as close as we started this life,
Distance will not ever make us part.

Being by each other
Through life, and school, and play
Helps me understand
Someone will hold my hand
Never in your shadow, but
Never far away

2015