Pals For Life

[Verse 1]
We carved our names in the shadows of the street,
Two ghosts in the alleys where the lost ones meet.
Thought we were kings of a kingdom built on fear,
Never heard the warnings screaming in our ears.

[Pre‑Chorus]
We said “ride or die,” like it meant something real,
But every lie we told was another soul to steal.

[Chorus]
Pals for life, that’s what we swore in the night,
But the bars came down and exposed every lie.
You took your last breath in a cold concrete cell,
Now I’m left alone with the truth I can’t quell.
Pals for life… but life don’t last in hell.

[Verse 2]
We laughed at the law, thought we’d never get caught,
Blind to the wreckage our choices had wrought.
You cracked first — the guilt ate you alive,
Prison walls echo when a conscience finally cries.

[Pre‑Chorus]
You said “brother, I’m done, I can’t outrun my sins,”
And the silence that followed was louder than sirens.

[Chorus]
Pals for life, that’s what we swore in the night,
But the bars came down and exposed every lie.
You took your last breath in a cold concrete cell,
Now I’m left alone with the truth I can’t quell.
Pals for life… but life don’t last in hell.

[Bridge]
No glory in the stories we used to brag about,
Just faces in the dark I can’t erase or drown out.
Your death was the verdict neither judge nor jury gave —
A final sentence carved on an unmarked grave.

[Breakdown]
We weren’t legends —
We were warnings.
We weren’t brothers —
Just a pair of broken warnings.

[Final Chorus]
Pals for life, but the oath was a lie,
Built on the backs of the ones we denied.
Now I walk free, but I’m chained to the past,
Your ghost in my ear saying nothing ever lasts.
Pals for life… and death came fast.

Punk / Thrash