The blindfold fell

We were kids on fire, chasin’ dreams down

You were laughin’ in the passenger seat, sunlight in your hair

But years turn hard, and I turned hollow,

You left my thoughts, I had secrets I couldn’t swallow

And you stood there holdin’ up the weight of all my sins

While I kept fallin’ further from the man I’d been

I knew I’d pushed you right up to the edge

And somehow you still reached out your hand

Then we drove out to the East Coast, just you and me

Never turned the radio on, didn’t need a melody

You talked, I listened, for the first time in years

You held my hand like you weren’t drowning in my tears

And you prayed every night that I’d break free of myself

That I’d remove what was blinding me, see you like no one else

And somewhere between the waves and that cold Atlantic swell

Your prayers got answered… the blindfold fell

Three kids growin’ up too fast, learnin’ how to love through fightin’

You kept the house from fallin’ down while I was out just tryin’ to hide it

And every lie I ever told you carved another mile between us

But you kept believin’ in the bones of who we were,

You kept talking to Jesus

I saw the hurt I put behind your eyes

And I swore I’d come back to life

You said, “I miss the boy who used to laugh with me.”

And I finally heard what you’d been tryin’ to scream

So we drove out to the East Coast, just you and me

Never turned the radio on, didn’t need a melody

We talked ’bout every broken promise, every wasted year

You held my hand like you were steadyin’ all my fear

And you prayed every night that I’d break free of myself

That I’d remove what was blinding me, see you like no one else

And somewhere between the waves and that cold Atlantic swell

Your prayers got answered… the blindfold fell

I saw you again—

Not the woman I’d worn down,

But the girl in that homecoming crown

The mother who built our world from the ground

The love I almost lost

God, I almost lost…

On that East Coast highway I finally learned

Love ain’t a thing you keep—it’s a thing you earn

You talked, I listened, and for the first time in years

I saw myself reflected in your brave, forgiving tears

You prayed every night that I’d come back to myself

That I’d remove what was blinding me, see you like no one else

And I swear by the tide and the truth I tell—

Your prayers got answered…

Yeah, your prayers got answered…

The blindfold fell.