[INTRO – solo piano, very intimate] The scent of your shirt still lingers Like echoes of warmer days Time froze in a quiet moment When you slowly slipped away [VERSE 1 – soft, close vocal] Dad, I call you in a whisper Though the silence answers me But your words live on inside me Like a distant melody You would say, “my little daughter Don’t you cry, I’m always near” So I close my eyes in darkness And I feel you standing here [PRE-CHORUS – tension builds] When the weight of loss surrounds me I can hear you in my mind “You are stronger than your sorrow Leave the fear you hold behind” [CHORUS – emotional release] You are the light in my darkness The only truth I still believe When the world feels cold and empty It’s your love that carries me And though I cannot reach you I know you never left my side My angel, my forever You’re the strength I hold inside [VERSE 2 – deeper tone, subtle strings enter] I remember how you told me Life is more than pain and tears There is beauty in the breaking There is meaning through the years And your eyes, they still remind me Of the person I should be So I carry you within me In every part of me [PRE-CHORUS – stronger] Now I feel it growing in me Like a fire in my chest Every word you ever gave me Still becomes my strength and rest [CHORUS – bigger, fuller vocal] You are the light in my darkness Now I finally can see Even through the deepest heartache You are still a part of me And I don’t need to find you ‘Cause you’re in my every breath Love like yours will last forever Even stronger than death [BRIDGE – stripped back → vocal peak] There were nights I thought I’d break down There were days I couldn’t stand But you held me from a distance Like an unseen, gentle hand [FINAL CHORUS – powerful, belting] You are the light in my darkness And your flame will never fade Every step I take, you’re with me In the choices that I make So I lift my voice to heaven Though my tears still sometimes fall If love lives beyond the silence Then you never left at all [OUTRO – quiet piano, fragile] Dad… I still need you… But I know… you’re here…
