...

Remember how we used to talk, about this and that?

Escaping our lives, you and me.

It was way back in summer that we recognized,

The similarities...

Swinging along near the ocean,

Imagining, wild and free,

Siblings so close, yet so far apart,

Just one part of the tragedy.

But it's ok, because...

I was Stanford, and you were Stanley,

No greater friendship than you and me,

We would sit and think of what we could be,

'Cause I was Stanford, and you were Stanley.

Stanford, the smart one, but warped from the start,

Though my six fingers are inside,

Always the outcast, but so used to it,

That I almost ended my time.

But the fantasy world was my one escape,

Where I made myself anew,

For when the world came crashing down,

I'd stare off and think of you...

'Cause I was Stanford, and you were Stanley,

Two crazy kids, yet I knew we could be,

So powerful, and then they would see,

That I was Stanford, and you were Stanley.

Stanley, the faithful, the free spirit,

You were the sweet and the cheer,

Though your Carla unobtainable,

You confessed your love without fear,

Sometimes I think of you in the dream,

The hero in the world that I see,

And sometimes I look up at the stars,

And think, do you wonder about me?

Still, I was Stanford, and you were Stanley,

One covered by fear, and the other one free,

When I was so sad, you comforted me,

'Cause I was Stanford, and you were Stanley.

Our days were numbered,

The portal beckoned,

Bill was calling my name.

And as I suffered,

I soon realized,

My world would never be the same,

I wish it didn't end like this,

But you and I already know,

It was Stanley who was left behind,

It was Stanford who had to go...

It was Stanford who had to go...

I was Stanford, and you were Stanley,

Written in the stars, it had to be,

We couldn't control our destiny,

For I was Stanford, and you were Stanley...

I was Stanford, and you were Stanley,

Separated now, as it was meant to be,

But someday, maybe I'll find my way out,

Someday, maybe I'll meet you again,

Some, we could swing again by the sea...

With me as Stanford, and you as Stanley...

Dedicated to the online friend/brother I had to abandon recently.

I'm sorry, bro. I just need time off now.

But I still love you.

I always will.