Digital Soul

It Ends With Me

Verse 1

I watched you grow from photographs,

A thousand miles, a thousand regrets.

Every birthday that I missed

Is another scar I can't forget.

I told myself I'd make it right,

When life slowed down, when I had time.

But time kept moving without me,

And left your hand no longer holding mine.

Pre-Chorus

If I could turn the years around,

I'd trade every dream I chased.

No success could ever fill

The empty chair I left in your place.

Chorus

If you hear my voice one day,

Know I never stopped loving you.

I just lost my way, my son,

And forgot what love was supposed to do.

Don't carry my mistakes,

Don't wear my chains, don't live my pain.

Be the father I couldn't be,

Break the cycle... let it end with me.

Verse 2

Maybe you learned to hide your tears,

Maybe you built your heart from stone.

Maybe every time life knocked you down,

You stood back up all alone.

For every game I wasn't there,

For every lesson left untold,

I'm sorry doesn't change the past,

But it's the truest word I know.

Bridge

One day you'll have a little boy

Looking up into your eyes.

When he reaches for your hand,

Don't let him wonder why.

Hold him close through every storm,

Tell him he's enough each day.

Give him what I failed to give,

And watch the darkness fade away.

Final Chorus

If they ask you who I was,

Don't say I was just the man who left.

Tell them I finally understood

That love is measured by the moments kept.

I can't rewrite yesterday,

But your tomorrow can be free.

Live a life that's full of love...

Break the cycle... let it end with me.

Outro

When I'm gone, don't remember only my failures.

Remember my warning.

A boy doesn't need a perfect father...

He needs a present one.

So love your children with all your heart...

And let my story... end with me.P