The Love We Never Learned (remix)

Verse 1 I know you loved me the best way that you could, With your worn-out hands and your silence made of wood. You worked late nights, carried burdens on your back, Made sure I had everything, except the words I lacked. You were always there in the ways nobody saw, Paying every bill, living by your own law. But somewhere between your duty and your pride, A little girl kept waiting on the other side. Pre-Chorus I never doubted your heart, not even for a day, But love can get lost when it don’t know how to say… Chorus “I see you. I’m proud of you. Tell me what you need.” Sometimes the deepest wounds are from things we didn’t mean. You gave me roots to stand on, but not much room to fall, And now we’re two good people staring through a wall. I know you love me, Dad, I always knew that part, But sometimes love and closeness ain’t the same thing in the heart. Verse 2 I learned to be strong from watching you survive, To swallow hurt and keep on pushing through life. But strength gets lonely when it’s all you’ve ever known, And some of us spend years learning how to come home. Now we’re sitting at the table, older than before, Still dancing around conversations we ignore. Both of us are trying, neither knows quite how, But I think I understand you better now. Pre-Chorus You carried your own scars long before I came along, Maybe that’s the reason some bridges never got built strong. Chorus “I see you. I’m proud of you. Tell me what you need.” Sometimes the deepest wounds are from things we didn’t mean. You gave me roots to stand on, but not much room to fall, And now we’re two good people staring through a wall. I know you love me, Dad, I always knew that part, But sometimes love and closeness ain’t the same thing in the heart. Bridge Maybe your father never showed you how, Maybe you were building while the world was burning down. Maybe all the words I needed got buried underneath The sacrifices nobody could see. And if we’re both still breathing, maybe there’s still time, To trade a little silence for what’s been on our minds. Final Chorus I see you. I’m proud of you. I guess that’s what I’d say. We’re both a little broken in our own familiar ways. You gave me roots to stand on, and somehow that’s enough, Even if we never learned the language of our love. I know you love me, Dad, and that’s a truth I hold, But there’s a song inside our story that never quite got told. Outro So if you ever hear this, know there’s no blame in these lines… Just a daughter who still wonders What we might have been With a little more time.