TW: SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS.
Tony sees it in Peter's eyes; in the way he stares into space. He hears it in the strained laughs and the broken voice. Peter wasn't the same.
I saw the part of you that
Only when you're older you will see too
You will see too
Tony was a billionaire, Peter wasn't. He got that not everyone had the easy (read:horrible) life he had. But he intended to fix this.
I held the better cards
But every stroke of luck has gotta bleed through
It's gotta bleed through
The kid was young. He was supposed to be happy and he was supposed to outlive Tony. For a long long time.
You held the balance of the time
That only blindly I could read you
But I could read you
Peter was the smiling kid, always telling jokes in the lab. He laughed and told science puns. He was always the happy one.
It's like you told me
Go forward slowly
Its not a race to the end
Then the snap happened. Peter turned to ash in his arms and nothing seemed to be going right. But he came back. He came back crying and they'd both clutched each other for dear life.
Well you look like yourself
But you're somebody else
Only it ain't on the surface
He's quieter and doesn't smile like he used to. Tony watches his kid sadly, wishing he could take all the sadness away.
Well you talk like yourself
But I hear someone else
Though now you're making me nervous
Peter was always better than him. He had a kind heart and a good soul. Peter was the epitome of niceness.
You were the better part
Of ever bit of beating heart that I had
Whatever I had
And then he was gone. Tony was left to wonder, was it his fault? Could he have saved him?
I finally sat alone
Pitch black flesh and bone
Couldn't believe that you were gone
And as he sat at that coffin holding Peter's hand, he knew it was his fault. He saw the signs.
Well you look like yourself
But you're somebody else
Only it ain't on the surface
How hadn't he seen? Peter had been so down and he hadn't seen.
Well you talk like yourself
No I hear someone else
Though now you're making me nervous
And now Tony spends the lab days alone, staring at Peter's empty seat. He pulls up the videos of his kid that Friday took.
Well you look like yourself
But you're somebody else
Only it ain't on the surface
He knows when the kid stopped smiling so brightly and laughing so loudly. When the shine left his eyes. The second he said he didn't want to go.
Well you talk like yourself
No I hear someone else
Though now you're making me nervous
Where are we?
Where are we?
His kid had left to be with the stars. But he left Tony behind. Tony would go too if he knew that Peter would be there.
Well you look like yourself
But you're somebody else
Only it ain't on the surface
Well you talk like yourself
No, I hear someone else though
Now you're making me nervous
Peter was supposed to stay and be happy. He was supposed to stay alive. If only Tony had saved him.
Well you look like yourself
But you're somebody else
Only it ain't on the surface
Well you talk like yourself
No, I hear someone else though
Now you're making me nervous
But Peter was gone. Peter was dead.
I saw the part of you that only when you're older
You will see too
You will see too
But Peter won't get older. Because he's up in the stars, finally happy.