Bromance

Male (spoken)

Ay compadre...

I came for free food...

Not emotional damage.

Female

¿Qué pasó contigo?

Male

Bro invited me to his wedding...

Nobody warned me...

I'd be losing my best friend today.

Choir

¡Ay no!
¡Mi compadre!
¡Qué tragedia!

(Sax squeals. Trumpets answer.)

[VERSE 1]

Male

Pulled up clean in my Sunday shoes,

Hair all slick with nothing to lose.

Saw balloons floating in the sky,

Then I looked at bro...

And started asking why.

Everybody laughing,

Everybody dressed so bright.

Then I saw the white dress...

And I knew this wasn't right.

Female

Todos cantan,

Todo salió bien.

Pero mi compadre

Ya no vuelve también.

La guitarra ríe,

El mariachi va.

Pero algo cambia...

Y no volverá.

[PRE-CHORUS]

Male

I tried to smile...

I tried to cheer...

But somebody started cutting onions in here.

Choir

¡Eh-oh!

¡No llores, compadre!

[CHORUS]

Maybe I dreamed this all wrong.

Quizá entendí mal la canción.

Standing there I finally knew...

Ese vestido blanco...

¡Debía ser mío, bro!

Not because of ribbons...

Not because of lace...

I just wanted to stand beside you...

In that sacred wedding place.

Choir

¡Ay-ay-ay!

¡Qué dolor!

Mientras yo pierdo

Mi mejor amigo.

[VERSE 2]

Male

The mariachi played another tune.

Kids chased bubbles beneath the moon.

Your uncle shouted,

"This is paradise!"

Meanwhile I was paying

The emotional price.

Grandma hit a backflip.

Your cousin caught the bouquet.

I caught heartbreak...

On this beautiful day.

Female

Las trompetas siguen,

Todo es felicidad.

Sólo queda un loco

Con mucha ansiedad.

[COMEDY BREAK]

Male

Someone asked,

"Why aren't you dancing?"

I said,

"I'm going through a bro separation."

Then another guy whispered,

"There's still cake."

I said...

"...continue."

Choir

¡Pastel!

¡Más pastel!

[VERSE 3]

Male

Then you held her...

Everybody cheered.

I blamed the dust

Getting in my beard.

Those should've been my hugs,

My victory spin.

Bro...

We always said we'd win.

Remember fishing?

Remember the games?

Now I'm sitting here

Thinking nothing's the same.

Female

Yo soñaba

Con otro final.

Dos compadres

Sin decir adiós jamás.

[BIG CHORUS]

That should've been me

In the white dress, bro!

Walking down the aisle

Nice and slow.

Everybody crying!

Everybody cheering!

They would've said,

"Those legends are here!"

That honeymoon...

Should've been me!

Fishing all morning

By the deep blue sea.

Late-night tacos,

Road-trip songs,

Matching Hawaiian shirts

All summer long.

Bro...

Nobody would've looked cooler

Than me and you.

Choir

¡Compadres!

¡Para siempre!

[SAX \u0026 MARIACHI BREAK]

(Wild jungle-jazz sax battles mariachi trumpets while congas, guitars, and the choir build the rhythm.)

[BRIDGE]

Female

No fue el vestido.

Fue la amistad.

Que hoy comienza

A cambiar.

Male

Maybe in another timeline...

It's us

Driving to the beach.

No seating charts.

No wedding plans.

Just tacos,

Fishing poles,

Cold soda,

And the windows rolled down.

Because wherever bro was...

Home was there.

Choir

¡Compadres!

¡Nunca cambien!

[FINAL CHORUS]

Everybody dancing!

Everybody singing!

I'm over here

Dramatically grieving!

That white dress

Should've been mine...

Just for one day!

Then we'd leave

On the greatest honeymoon

Anybody's ever seen.

Mariachi at sunrise.

Beach at noon.

Jungle drums at sunset.

Saxophone under the moon.

Making everybody jealous

Of the greatest bromance ever.

Bro...

Life keeps changing.

People grow.

Families grow.

But don't forget

The late-night games,

The dumb inside jokes,

And the adventures

That made us brothers.

[OUTRO]

Male (spoken)

Bro...

I'm happy for you.

Really.

But if she ever says,

"No more fishing..."

Call me.

If she says,

"No more game nights..."

Definitely call me.

Because no matter where life takes us...

You'll always be my compadre.

Female

La boda termina...

Pero la amistad...

Nunca termina.

Choir (fading)

¡Compadre!

¡Para siempre!

Ay-ay-ay...

Baila...

Vive...

Recuerda...

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