Two Reasons

I prayed in the desert, young and scared,

Told God, “Just let me make it somewhere.

Give me a chance to leave my name,

Something real when I’m long gone away.”

Years rolled on, and I learned the cost,

You can come home breathing and still come home lost.

Now I’ve got a son who carries my grin,

And a daughter who burns like the wind within.

They don’t care what I’ve done,

Just who I am when the day is done.

One calls me daddy, one calls me safe,

They pulled me outta that goddamn grave.

Yeah, I’d bleed, I’d crawl, I’d break my ways,

For my two reasons, my house of grace.

My woman’s still here through the wreck I’ve been,

She don’t fix me, she just lets me live.

She’s carried the weight I couldn’t stand,

And she holds what’s left of this broken man.

They don’t care who I was,

Just the man I am because of their love.

Two little lights, one wild, one brave,

They’re the reason I don’t dig my grave.

Yeah, I’d bleed, I’d crawl, I’d break my ways,

For my two reasons, my house of grace.

If you ever hear this someday,

Know your old man wasn’t fearless—just too stubborn to quit.

I prayed for you before I knew your names.

And when the world got loud, you were the quiet that saved me.

I don’t have it all figured out,

But I’d burn the rest of the world down

To keep a light on for you.

They don’t care what I’ve done,

Just who I am when the day is done.

Two little hearts, my blood, my grace,

The only truth I can’t replace.

Yeah, I’d bleed, I’d crawl, I’d break my ways,

For my two reasons, my house of grace.