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I hope to find you in every universe
To think of you as my brothers
To make that oath that binds us
I hope to be with you forever

Maybe we are
Three kids in need of adventure
Forever together and never apart
Maybe we are

No life seeping away from us
No memories taken away
No dreams nor promises broken
Just the three of us

As long as we are together,
We are unbeatable
Unshakable
And loved by each other

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I loved you, my brothers
I left you, strangers
I found you, again
But sadly, he wasn't there

Maybe if I'd never left
We would still be three
Maybe if I'd never left
We would still be proud

Maybe if I'd never left
Maybe if I'd never left
Maybe if I'd never left
Maybe if I'd never left

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I had forgotten
How your hair blew with the wind
How your eyes shone with mischief
I have forgotten

How many freckles do you have?
Ten? Five on each cheek?
No. Maybe a hundred?
All peppered over your face?

I want to remember
I want to see you and hug you
I want to tell you how proud I am
I want, I want, I want

But you're no longer here
Dear brother
I hope you can forgive me
For I have forgotten

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Freedom is all about
The journey, the people you meet
The family you create along the way
The love that blossoms in a way
It's all about yourself
Your choices and your actions
Freedom is about you

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My family think of me as a coward
Maybe I am
But, I can't help but think back on those times
When I knew for certain that you would be there, next to me
Where we would be arguing and fighting, either each other or someone else
It felt good
But nowadays, I am but a coward
Afraid of my past
Of my present
And my future

Maybe they were right
To think so little of me
To think of me just as an inconvenience
As a pebble in their way
As just a crybaby, crying for his mommy

But I can't help but think back to those times
When we used to fight and argue
When we used to watch over the ship together
All those moments? I cherish them
But I am but a coward
And we will never see each other again

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The last day for me to live
The last glimpse of them
The last cry to leave
And my last plea for death

Please, captain
do not make me regret this
Do not make me beg for your lives
And let me go

If there had been an opportunity
An opportunity for us to be together
As a crew,
As Nakama
Would I have taken it?

Do not make me cry, please
Do not make me regret it
for ‘I WANT TO LIVE’

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Blood flowing, and hands gripping
Burning and sobbing
I knew.
From that moment
From that day
I knew
That I would protect you
That I would cherish you
And I don't regret this, no.
For I am thankful that you were born
And I thank you for loving me