The story behind this song
Two names on one cake again, just how it's always been. Same birthday since the very first one — two wishes over the same candles, a lifetime of strangers getting both names wrong. One came first by seven minutes and never lets the other forget. One reads the map; one argues with it; somehow they always arrive.
A shared room, a wardrobe by force, an inside language nobody else will ever crack — one look across a crowded table says a whole paragraph. One went loud, one went quiet; one went far, one stayed near. For the built-in best friend who knew you before anyone knew your name, turned out completely different and exactly the same, and is the only person you'd ever split a birthday with.
Lyrics
Just how it's always been
We split a room, a wardrobe, every blame
You read the map, I argue with it, somehow we arrive
And strangers still get both our names wrong anyway
I say: I've never blown out candles alone
You knew me before anybody knew my name
We grew up side by side and grew out so differently
Same day, different you
And I wouldn't split this life with anyone else
But our jokes still land in shorthand no one cracks
One look across a crowded table says a paragraph
Some languages take a lifetime — we were born fluent
I say: I've never blown out candles alone
You knew me before anybody knew my name
We grew up side by side and grew out so differently
Same day, different you
And I wouldn't split this life with anyone else
Arguing over one cake still
Seven minutes older, forever
And I'll still let you win
You knew me before anybody knew my name
We grew up side by side and grew out so differently
Same day, different you
And I wouldn't split this life with anyone else
Same breath, like always
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