NO MATTER HOW FAR

Emotional pop / soft-rock family anthem
[Intro – soft piano]
Oh-oh...
Yeah...
Some things never change.
[Verse 1]
We were five around the same old table,
Making memories when we were young.
Running wild, believing we were able
To stay that way forever, everyone.
Farhat, Shahzad, Rifat, Rahat And me... right there between you, through every changing year.
Different hearts underneath one roof.
We never knew those ordinary moments
Would become the ones we'd hold on to.
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the years have carried us
Down five different roads.
We built our lives and raised our families,
But there's one thing that I know...
[Chorus]
No matter how far,
No matter how long,
No matter how much time goes by,
You're where I belong.
And even when we disagree,
Even when we don't call,
If you ever need somebody,
I'll be there through it all.
'Cause blood runs deeper than the distance,
And love remembers who we are.
We'll always be brothers and sisters —
No matter how far.
[Verse 2]
We're in our forties and our fifties now,
Funny how the years can disappear.
We've got children, homes and obligations,
A thousand reasons we're not always near.
And sometimes words get lost between us,
Sometimes silence lasts too long.
Sometimes life can make us forget
The place where all of us came from.
[Pre-Chorus]
But if your whole world falls apart,
You don't even have to call twice.
I'll cross every mile between us
Just to stand there by your side.
[Chorus]
No matter how far,
No matter how long,
No matter how much time goes by,
You're where I belong.
And even when we disagree,
Even when we don't call,
If you ever need somebody,
I'll be there through it all.
'Cause blood runs deeper than the distance,
And love remembers who we are.
We'll always be brothers and sisters —
No matter how far.
[Bridge – piano and strings]
Farhat... my oldest sister, there from the start.
Shahzad... my brother, forever in my heart.
Rifat and Rahat... my sisters, always near.And me... right there between you, through every changing year.
Maybe we don't say "I love you"
As often as we should.
Maybe growing older changed us
More than we thought it would.
But there's no fight that could erase us.
There's no distance that's too far.
Before the houses, jobs and families...
We were us.
And we still are.
[Instrumental build]
[Final Chorus – full band + backing vocals]
NO MATTER HOW FAR!
NO MATTER HOW LONG!
After everything we've been through,
You're still where I belong!
And if the whole world turns against you,
You will never stand alone.
You've got four hearts standing with you,
Anywhere you go!
'Cause blood runs deeper than the distance,
And time can't change the love that's ours.
We'll always be brothers and sisters —
No matter how far!
[Final Chorus – soaring harmonies]
No matter how far!
No matter how long!
When we're eighty, ninety years old,
We'll still know where we belong.
Farhat, Shahzad, Rifat and Rahat and me,
Five lives underneath five stars.
But we'll always be brothers and sisters...
No matter...
No matter...
No matter how far.
[Outro – solo piano]
Five lives.
One family.
And wherever life takes us...
We're never really far.