Like a Moth to a flame,
Or a backporch light,
You coulda stayed in that cocoon,
But you took flight.
To a world unfamiliar and cold,
With potential so bright.

Times got hard,
But you were smarter,
You don't take no time
When you're a self starter.
I imagine you discovering the world on TV,
And going, yeah man,
That's the world for me.

Everyone who loves adventure's got to go away from home,
And you hope to find one out there, living on your own
Every moth loves a firefly and spirits having flown
Will alight somewhere,
Or fly into the sun...

Hello, little brother
Sorry that it went this way,
But I'm here with you today, and
I'm gonna tell your story.
'Cause I'm part of it now, and
You are part of mine, and
Until we meet the next time
You fly towards that glory.

One day,
You picked Thunder Bay.
It was that or Winnipeg, but it was closer
and they had good hockey.
So one plane to another and a boarding house bed,
It was all weird, but at least down the river there's a rez.

Then one night,
No one knows what happened next,
I'd like to think an accident,
but the result was all the same.
I like to imagine that you went to go see some friends
Walking down the river,
like a moth to a flame.

Whatever went down I know your grandmother
Looked for you every day, and then it was my brothers and I
Just came along, and we found you there
and I said you're going home, my friend,
We all return to the flame.

Hello, little brother
Thanks for that thunderstorm
I'm glad that you were born
and sorry you went away,
But you're somewhere now
You’re birds and trees and flowers
Eagles and bears and owls
Shining like the flame.

Goodbye little brother
Thanks for the lesson learned
I'll think of you when I return
and in friends along the way.
And to everyone in Webequie,
I'm just glad it was me.
I think of you everyday,
I'll see you by the flame.