[Verse 1] Come here, my daughter, lay your worries down. You don’t have to smile when no one else is around. I wish I could sit beside you for a while, And tell you how proud I am of that tired, trembling smile. I know you’re weary. I know you’re scared. I know you’ve reached for me and found an empty chair. If these are the last words I can leave you, Listen close, my girl: You’re still here. [Pre-Chorus] You keep calling yourself broken, But I’ve watched you choose to love When your own heart needed holding. You give away your light So someone else can see. [Chorus] You were never worth less Because someone couldn’t see your worth. You were never hard to love Because someone couldn’t love you well. You are not the names fear whispers. You are not the weight you bear. You’re the woman who keeps standing Even when I can’t be there. And if today all you can do Is breathe, Then breathe, my girl. That’s enough for me. [Verse 2] One day your children may tell the story Of the woman who wouldn’t quit. They’ll know you cried. They’ll know you stumbled. They’ll know you kept on loving through it. One more morning. One more prayer. One more step when the road seemed bare. They won’t remember perfect. They’ll remember you were there. [Pre-Chorus] The mirror’s lied to you long enough. It can show your tears, But it can’t measure your heart. I knew your heart from the start. [Chorus] You were never too much. You were always enough. You don’t have to earn your place Or prove that you deserve love. There are lives a little brighter Just because you passed through. Even when you couldn’t see it, I saw the good in you. [Bridge] I wish I’d had a thousand more mornings To say all I should have said. So hear me in these final words And carry them ahead: Your story still belongs to you. There’s so much left to write. When the darkness tells you otherwise, Reach for another light. Let the living hold your hand. Let them know when you need care. You don’t have to bear this world alone, Though I can’t be there. [Final Chorus] So hold on, heart. There’s laughter you haven’t heard. There’s peace that hasn’t found you yet And songs without their words. Become the woman you are growing into. Take the time that growing takes. You can miss me and still find joy; You can bend and still not break. I couldn’t stay beside you, And I know that hurts to hear. But you have a life still waiting, And I want you fully here. When hope feels far away, Borrow some from what I knew: I believed in you then, my daughter. I still believe in you. [Outro] Take one breath. Then one more step. Let tomorrow come, my girl. Morning is still coming.
