For Someone I Never Knew...

Verse 1)

I never heard your laughter in the room,

never saw a sculpture made by your hands

but your story crossed the silence to me,

like a song carried over broken lands.

(Chorus)

Iryna, your name is a flame,

I never stood beside you, but I feel your loss the same

the world is tragic, and today I found the proof

Because I’m mourning a life I never knew.

(Verse 2)

You ran from the thunder, seeking quiet skies,

dreamed of healing creatures with your gentle hands and eyes,

but a stranger’s shadow snuffed your light too soon,

left us searching for meaning in an empty room.

(Chorus)

Iryna, your name is a flame,

I never stood beside you, but I fee your loss the same—

the world is tragic, and today I have the proof

Because I’m mourning a life I never knew.

(Bridge)

And as a father, I can’t help but see,

The thread that ties your father to me

I’d want the world to say my daughter’s light

was more than the darkness of a single night.

And as a father I wish I could have offered foresight

And your cries are echoing through every dad's minds

(Outro)

So I’ll carry your memory into the song,

a voice for the voiceless, to carry on.

Iryna, Iryna, your dream shines through—

in the hearts of the strangers who grieve for you.