Same Dirt

Verse
For months I watched him hurt you, and I never said a word
You were my friend, I told myself it wasn't my place
One night you asked me for help, and I finally heard
He'd beaten you bad, split your lip, the proof on your face
Something in me went still, I stopped waiting to be told
I took his life, flat out, no excuse, and he was gone
Then you knelt beside me, and we dug, no words, in the cold
Nothing was the same between us when we saw the dawn

Hook
Same dirt on both our hands that night
It wasn't thanks, you held me tight
Nobody spoke, we both understood
That night our lives tilted for good

Verse 2
Nobody asks what it costs to keep quiet for a friend
I don't say sorry for standing with you that night
Questions come later, that night I was yours to the end
You kept your voice low and walked beside me, out of sight
I still feel what you gave me, what it meant, no complaint
Everything we knew of ourselves ended in the ground
I won't play the monster, and I won't play the saint
We are bound by what we did, we chose it, no way round

Hook
Same dirt on both our hands that night
It wasn't thanks, you held me tight
Nobody spoke, we both understood
That night our lives tilted for good

Bridge
I never told you I was scared of the calm
I loved you before I knew what loving would cost

Hook
Same dirt on both our hands that night
It wasn't thanks, you held me tight
Nobody spoke, we both understood
That night our lives tilted for good

Outro
The dirt we carry is ours alone
No one sees it, we won't wash it off not at any cost