[Intro] Soul... [Verse 1] I swore I'd never walk the road you took before me Never wear the weight that made your shoulders cave But every year I catch another piece of you inside me And it scares me when I hear the things I say Spent my life pointing fingers at the damage Thinking all the cracks were only yours to claim Now I'm staring at my own reflection in the mirror And I don't even know who's left to blame [Pre-Chorus] I can see the sleepless nights behind your eyes I can feel the silence buried in your mind Maybe all this time we were the same Just hurting in a different way [Chorus] Terrified (But I'm) Not afraid Say I'm fine (But I'm) Not okay Call this home (But I'm) Outta place Need my dad (But you're) Running late Every word we never said still echoes through these halls Every wound we never healed still lingers in these walls I keep reaching through the distance, but it fades Need my dad (But you're) Running late [Verse 2] "I'll never be like you" is what I tell myself I guess I'm really not that different how I hold myself My composure and my laugh is such a mirror effect Blaming you for issues I got has made me understand Yeah... Maybe I'm just like you papa Understanding your struggles has changed my view on ya Yeah yeah Do you feel the same Like you wanna restart but don't know how to change [Pre-Chorus] Were you drowning while pretending you could breathe? Did you carry all that pain so no one'd see? Maybe all the things I hate Are the things that made me. . . Me [Chorus] Terrified (But I'm) Not afraid Say I'm fine (But I'm) Not okay Call this home (But I'm) Outta place Need my dad (But you're) Running late Every word we never said still echoes through these halls Every wound we never healed still lingers in these walls I keep reaching through the distance, but it fades Need my dad (But you're) Running late [Bridge] And if I become everything you are Will I spend my life hiding every scar? Will I lose the people that I love? Will I learn too late what you've become? Cause I still wait for conversations That only happen in my head Still save a place beside me For the things we never said [Final Chorus] Terrified (But I'm) Not afraid Say I'm fine (But I'm) Not okay Call this home (But I'm) Outta place Need my dad (But you're) Running late Now the years keep moving faster than the hurt can fade And the boy inside me's still waiting where you left him that day Trying to understand the man you became Need my dad (But you're) Running late Running late... Running late... Running late...
