Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Got this weight on my shoulders And the night in my chest Stack of unpaid promises And a cracked-up rest Head full of sirens Heart full of fear But I lace these boots each morning ’cause my boys are here [Chorus] I’m lost in my thoughts Tired of the fight Dragging my doubts Through the dark of the night I’m bruised I’m broke But I ain’t disappear I can’t quit now ’cause my boys can hear (yeah, my boys can hear) [Verse 2] They look up and ask me “Daddy Are we good?” So I smile through the worry lines More than I should Hide those final-notice letters Under yesterday’s news Pour hope in their cereal Like I got nothing to lose [Chorus] I’m lost in my thoughts Tired of the fight Dragging my doubts Through the dark of the night I’m bruised I’m broke But I ain’t disappear I can’t quit now ’cause my boys can hear (and I’m still right here) [Bridge] One day they’ll be taller Than the pain I’ve known I’ll say “You were the reason I kept coming home” ’Til that sunrise finds me Through these worn-out years I’ll keep singing this burden In a voice they hear [Chorus] I’m lost in my thoughts Tired of the fight Dragging my doubts Through the dark of the night I’m bruised I’m broke But I’m standing here I can’t quit now ’cause my boys can hear (oh my boys can hear)
Tags
Slow, gritty electric blues in a minor key; male vocals worn at the edges, close-miked. Verse sits on a lazy shuffle with roomy drums and warm bass; guitars answer each vocal line with bent-note fills. Chorus swells with organ pads and stacked call-and-response backing vocals. Final pass leans into a raspier delivery and a held, aching outro note., blues
Duration
3:34
Instrumental
No
Created
2/14/2026