[Verse 1]
Tiny shoes by the door
Crayon suns on the fridge
We cheer every wobbling step
While we’re learning how to live
We bandage scraped-up knees
Hide our fear in a smile
Tell stories at the edge of the bed
And pray
“keep them safe awhile”
[Chorus]
Fathers
We watch them grow
We watch them learn and explore
We stand between them and a world
Full of teeth
Full of claws
Then one day our arms aren’t enough
We’ve done all we can
That’s when we open our fingers
And put them in God’s hands
[Verse 2]
Driver’s seat
Shaking keys
We say
“text when you arrive”
Teaching them the roads we took
And the ones we didn’t survive
We can’t tame every storm
Can’t catch every fall
So we write our love on their hearts
Then we let You hold it all
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[Bridge]
I’ll still pace the kitchen floor
Stare down the midnight phone
But when the worry starts to roar
I remember they’re not mine alone
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