Title: The Light's Still On [Verse 1] I drive by your old school sometimes Though you're not a little girl The swing still moves in the autumn wind Like it's waiting for the world Ten years have come and gone Like leaves carried by the rain But some things never leave a father's heart Some hurts never change [Pre-Chorus] I've replayed every word A thousand nights alone Wondering if I'd see the day Your number lights my phone [Chorus] Give me the painful truth. Don't make it pretty. I've swallowed enough lies to last me a lifetime. Let it hurt. Let it burn. Let it show me what I never learned. A beautiful lie might comfort you... But freedom... freedom needs the truth. [Verse 2] I've missed birthdays, Christmas mornings Pictures I was never sent Wondered if you looked like me Or if your smile still bends There's a chair beside my table That nobody takes And every year I leave it open Just in case [Bridge] If you walked through my front door tomorrow I wouldn't ask who's right or wrong I wouldn't talk about the years we've lost Or where we've both gone I'd just hold that moment gently Like a gift I thought I'd lost Because some prayers survive the silence No matter what they cost [Final Chorus] Give me the painful truth. Don't make it pretty. I've swallowed enough lies to last me a lifetime. Let it hurt. Let it burn. Let it show me what I never learned. A beautiful lie might comfort you... But freedom... freedom needs the truth. [Outro] The porch light's been glowing For ten long years tonight And maybe that's foolish But I still believe One day you'll turn the driveway And step back into my life Maybe you'll never hear this song Maybe these words will drift away But if they ever find you There's something I need to say I never stopped loving you I never stopped hoping The years may have changed us The silence may have grown But not a single day has passed That I stopped being your father And no matter where life takes you Or how much time goes by You are still my daughter You'll always be my daughter And I'll always be your dad The light's still on.
