Reaching For The Sun
If I die young,
Don't mourn the version of me that lived by the gun.
Celebrate the one who reached for the sun.
I wore my past like a coat in the rain,
Tried to outrun all the hurt and the pain.
Made some mistakes that I can't take away,
But I woke up still wanting to change.
I chased my dreams down an unfinished road,
Smiled through the storms that nobody knows.
And every time that the world came undone,
I tried to be a better man for my son.
I danced in the rain with a smile on my face,
Had friends who would walk with me mile after mile.
If love is the part of me time cannot take,
Then let it be love that survives.
If I die young,
remember I was reaching,
Not just the darkness,
but the light I was seeking.
I fell in the dirt; I got up with my scars,
And you, my son,
were my reason to start.
The rain couldn't wash all the love from my heart,
You were my hope when my world fell apart.
When they tell you my story,
tell them who we are: You're Daddy's heart,
my greatest work of art.
Scars are a part of the story,
not all, You can still stand proud after the fall.
The words on the page ain't the last that I'll write,
I still hold the pen and can reach for the light.
Some nights I got lost when the road went dark,
Prayed for the wings that could carry my heart.
And every small memory,
every old song, Reminds me that love has been with me all
along.
So if you remember the weight of my days,
Remember the love that was born from the pain.
The man I was becoming,
not just what I'd done,
The one who kept reaching,
reaching for the sun.
(reaching, reaching)
If I die young,
remember I was reaching,
Not just the darkness,
but the light I was seeking.
I fell in the dirt; I got up with my scars,
And you, my son,
were my reason to start.
The rain couldn't wash all the love from my heart,
You were my hope when my world fell apart.
When they tell you my story,
tell them who we are: You're Daddy's heart,
my greatest work of art.
(yeah,
my work of art)
When you get lost,
let the angels guide your heart.
When the night feels endless,
don't forget your spark.
If you ever wonder whether love can last,
Look how far we came from the shadow of my past.
I was forged from the pain,
but I was led from the dark,
And all that is best in me lives inside your heart.
If I die young,
let the love outlive the story.
Let the sunrise hold the parts that couldn't stay.
(couldn't stay) I was trying every day to make you proud of
me, To give you something brighter than my yesterday.
The rain couldn't wash all the love from my heart.
You're Daddy's heart, my greatest work of art.
(greatest work
of art)
Don't mourn the version of me that lived by the gun.
Remember the one who reached for the sun.
My son
... my greatest work of art. (hmmm)