[Verse 1] You used to leave your shoes Beside my bedroom door Two little shadows running Through the house like they owned the floor I knew every scraped-up knee Every fever in the night Every “Mom, I’m not tired” When the sun was already white [Pre-Chorus] Then somehow the hands I held Got bigger than my own And the boys who needed me Started making worlds alone [Chorus] But I can still see you Before you knew how tall you’d grow Before the world had touched your hearts Before you learned to let me go And if I ever wonder What all those years were for I’ll look at you and know I was loved beyond the door [Verse 2] One of you wears my stubbornness One of you laughs like your dad You both have pieces of a woman You once only knew as “Mom” I remember tying shoelaces With the breakfast getting cold Now you stand beside me smiling Like you’ve got somewhere to go [Pre-Chorus] And I don’t need to keep you To know that you are mine Some kinds of love grow stronger Every time they cross a line [Chorus] But I can still see you Before you knew how tall you’d grow Before the world had touched your hearts Before you learned to let me go And if I ever wonder What all those years were for I’ll look at you and know I was loved beyond the door [Bridge] I gave you my mornings My patience, my sleep A thousand little pieces I didn’t know I’d keep And now when you walk beside me I don’t feel the years go by I feel them standing with us In the sunlight, side by side [Final Chorus] So go where your hearts take you There’s nothing left to prove You don’t have to stay beside me For me to be proud of you And if the world gets heavy If you ever lose your way Remember there was someone Who saw you before the world did And loved you anyway [Outro] You were never just my boys You were the life I got to watch Becoming yourselves.
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