[Verse 1] Sitting with a cigarette, flipping old questions Ash falling down on unfinished lessons Red trucks parked by a Victorian frame Bluegrass playing through the sands of time again I remember cut wood stacked for the fire Pumping well water when the nights got tired You were power, you were stone, you were flame Then I watched the years start wearing down your name You didn’t wear cancer like something that won You wore it like armor in front of everyone Shield on your chest, jaw locked tight Pretending nothing broke when you turned out the light [Pre-Chorus] Newton Falls, May thirty-first, eighty-five Taught this family how fear survives Storms don’t leave when the sirens fade Sometimes they move in and learn our names [Chorus] You called me an outcast You lied and said I walked away You slandered my wife and her family Like truth was yours to reshape You made me the witness Then hated what I had to say But you were the one You were the one I never left in the rain [Verse 2] I remember your warmth, even rough around the side How love could still live where the pride tried to hide You were grumpy, seeking proof you were enough But Grandma, you never had to earn that love You didn’t need a crown, didn’t need a stage You were just you in that house full of age A little bit sharp, a little bit tired Still had a spark when the story caught fire But you hated my memory when it wouldn’t bend One of the first to tell the witness, “not again” Deflect, reframe, erase what was seen Same old play in a world full of gray Years later I reached through a sickness I knew Leukemia to leukemia, trying to talk to you Not asking for pity, not asking you to fold Just trying to touch something human in the cold And all I got back was “ok” on a screen Not even okay, just two letters between A grown man bleeding through a family stain Still remembering that porch, still remembering the rain [Chorus] You called me an outcast You lied and said I walked away You slandered my wife and her family Like truth was yours to reshape You made me the witness Then hated what I had to say But you were the one You were the one I never left in the rain [Bridge] I was seven years old when the sirens cried Whole family hiding while the storm rolled by But I stood with you where the porch boards shook Watching the sky like an open book I didn’t run then, I don’t run now I just say what happened when the walls fall down Not to break you, not to curse your name But you should remember who stayed in the rain [Final Chorus] You called me an outcast You lied and said I walked away You slandered my wife and her family Like truth was yours to reshape You made me the witness Then hated what I had to say But you were the one You were the one I never left in the rain [Outro] Cigarette burning, old questions fade Some love survives what silence made Barb, if the porch still calls your name I remember the storm I remember the pain You were the one You were the one I never left in the rain 🎙️ BloodOnTheMic: We’re live across the major streaming platforms. Find us on Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Facebook Music, and more. Listen. Follow. Join the conversation.
