[Intro] (Soft piano, distant echoes) They say every child has a hero... Mine was only a name. A face I searched for In strangers passing by. [Verse 1] I learned to ride without your hand, Blew out candles, made my own plans. Every school photo had an empty space, A missing shadow no one could replace. I kept asking what I did wrong, Why you were gone for so long. But silence was the only sound, Where a father's love should have been found. [Pre-Chorus] I built my heart with broken stones, Learning how to stand alone. Still a little girl inside of me Was waiting for you to finally see... [Chorus] You were the man I never knew, The missing piece I never grew into. I spent my life chasing ghosts, Looking for you in faces I don't know. Now all that's left are questions in the air, Words we'll never get to share. You left before goodbye could start... But somehow you still shaped my heart. [Verse 2] Time kept moving, I grew older, Carrying your absence on my shoulders. People said, "One day you'll understand," But they never held the emptiness I had. Then one day the phone rang... And all my unanswered questions died with you. No final hug, no chance to speak, Just tears for a love that never reached me. [Bridge] I don't hate you anymore. I just mourn the life we never had. The bedtime stories, the birthday calls, The moments that belonged to us... but never came at all. Maybe somewhere beyond this sky, You finally see me through my eyes. [Final Chorus] You were the man I never knew, Yet part of me will always belong to you. Not because of what you gave, But because of everything you never did. I'm learning now to heal these scars, To find my light inside the dark. I'll love the child I used to be... The one who kept believing you'd come for me. [Outro] I don't need your footsteps anymore. I've found my own road through the pain. But somewhere deep inside my soul... A little girl still whispers your name.
