More Than Anything

Lyrics

MARIO (spoken)
Luigi, listen… you don’t see how tough the world really is. I’ve tried reaching out before, and it just… doesn’t land. Not with them.

LUIGI (spoken)
That’s not true, Mario! You can’t just decide that for everyone!

MARIO (spoken)
I wish I could believe you… but I’ve been down that road.

MARIO (sung)
I’ve stepped into that fire once before
Watched every hope get torn and bend
So now I guard what matters at my core
And I won’t watch it break again
You’re standing closer than I ever knew
And that changes everything I do
So I hold on tighter than I’ve ever done before
More than anything, more than anything
I’ll stand beside you through it all, more than anything

LUIGI (spoken)
I don’t need you to shield me from everything, Mario. I can stand on my own.

MARIO (spoken)
I’m not trying to cage you… I just don’t want you getting hurt like I did.

LUIGI (spoken)
Mario…

LUIGI (sung)
I used to walk behind your shadow line
Small steps trying to match your pace
But I still believed that spark was mine
Even when I couldn’t see your face
And all those stories that you never knew I held
Lit a fire I couldn’t hide
So now I’m reaching for a world I want to help
More than anything, more than anything
I’m fighting for us and for them, more than anything

MARIO, (LUIGI), "BOTH"
:We’ve been trying to understand each other for so long"
"And somehow we were never really far apart"
"Feels like every winding road was leading us along"
"Back to the same shared heart"
(I missed the way we used to laugh without a care)
And I never stopped believing you were there
"Maybe we don’t need to be the same to make things right"
"Just two brothers standing in the light"

MARIO
If you’re stepping forward, I’ll be right there too

LUIGI
And I’ll keep moving forward, not away from you

BOTH
Side by side, whatever we go through
More than anything, more than anything
We’re brothers, and that will always be true
More than anything