The Day You Let Go

[Verse 1] Coffee cup cold on the counter Your chair still turned to the door Your jacket hangs like it’s waiting For footsteps that don’t hit the floor I rehearse all the words I never gave you They burn on the tip of my tongue Snapshots spill out of a drawer I can’t open I blink and I’m back I’m young [Chorus] I’m just missing you Dad That day you let go Thought I’d have more time to say all I needed to say But it closed Like a movie cut to black I’m reaching for your hand in the glow I’m just missing you Dad That day That day you let go [Verse 2] You laughed too loud at bad punchlines You cried once You thought I didn’t see Your old car keys still scar the table Little crescent moons in the wood and in me I still chase your shadow in the mirror Same tired eyes Same crooked grin If you walked in now Would you know me? Would you like the man I’ve been? (tell me) [Chorus] I’m just missing you Dad That day you let go All the clocks kept time But mine shattered slow Every small goodbye now feels like a echo of that blow I’m just missing you Dad That day That day you let go [Bridge] [Soft sax and violin answering the vocal Strings swell slowly] If love could bend the rules I’d buy one more Sunday drive You talking ’bout nothing But making the silence alive I’d hold your tired hand Say “It’s okay to rest” But I’d lean in closer Whisper “You’re still the heart in my chest” (always) [Chorus] I’m just missing you Dad That day you let go All the unsaid lines still hang in the air like smoke But I feel you in my laugh In the way my stories unfold I’m just missing you Dad That day That day you let go [Outro] [Instrumental fade: piano and guitar Solo sax over soft strings] I’m just missing you Dad More than you’ll ever know