[Intro] Didn’t always get it, didn’t always see The way you were shaping the man in me But looking back now, through the work and the pain Every lesson still echoes what remains [Verse 1] You always said, "If you don’t know, you’ll learn" Built me up strong so I’d stand on my turn Every silence, every stare, every hard-earned scar You were layin’ the bricks that made me who I am so far [Pre-Chorus] In the way you’d stare when words ran out And I’d wonder if you were mad, or just workin’ things out [Chorus] THERE'S PIECES OF YOU in the man I became In the ground I hold when the world starts to shake THERE'S PIECES OF YOU in the way I get up when the hurt comes through In the quiet strength that has always carried me tall THERE'S PIECES OF YOU In the truth I wear — you were there through it all Every time I stand back up when life knocks me down There’s pieces of you — still hangin’ around [Verse 2] I used to think you were hard to love Now I see it was just your way of makin’ me tough You never had to say the words out loud But I hear ‘em clear in the way I live now [Chorus] THERE'S PIECES OF YOU in the man I became In the ground I hold when the world starts to shake THERE'S PIECES OF YOU in the way I get up when the hurt comes through In the quiet strength that has always carried me tall THERE'S PIECES OF YOU In the truth I wear — you were there through it all Every time I stand back up when life knocks me down There’s pieces of you — still hangin’ around [Outro] Every breath, every step, every fight I get through Every part of me… is a piece of you