Lyrics

I carried weight you never saw,
Fought quiet battles behind closed doors.
I let the nights fall on my back,
So you could wake up feeling sure.

Some storms were mine alone to face,
Not every scar needs a name.
I stood between the world and you,
And I would do it all again.

I learned that strength don’t always shout,
Sometimes it kneels, sometimes it bows.
I watched a man who showed me how,
By living faith out loud.

There’s only one man I ever prayed
Would stand taller than me someday.
Every dream I had grew bigger in your name,
If you go further, I’m okay.

If I ever wanted more than myself,
It was you, son, nothing else.
There’s a higher hand than mine I trust,
Guiding you when I let go of us.

You’ll meet people who leave their mark,
Some will teach you, some will scar.
What they do can’t shape your soul,
Only what you choose to guard.

Some will break what they don’t heal,
And walk away from what they feel.
But don’t let their unfinished truth
Decide the man you’re becoming into.

I’ve seen pain turn hard to stone,
And I’ve seen it turn hearts to gold.
The difference ain’t what you went through,
It’s who you let carry it with you.

There’s only one man I ever prayed
Would stand stronger than me someday.
I don’t need to win if you outrun me,
I don’t lose if you outgrow me.

When the road gets dark and loud,
And answers don’t come easy now,
Remember you were never alone,
God’s been walking with you all along.

You don’t forgive so they feel free,
You forgive so your heart can breathe.
You don’t forget what made you bleed,
You just don’t let it poison you and me.

I laid my anger down in prayer,
Left it somewhere I couldn’t carry there.
Faith taught me what strength can do,
It taught me how to let go too.

If you ever look back and see my face,
Know everything good was borrowed grace.
From the man before me and the God above,
Who taught us how to love.

Be better than me, that’s the plan,
Not pressure, son, just the prayer of a man.
I’ll always be here, but you’ll always know,
Your true north points higher than home.

I did my best.
God does the rest.
You were never alone.