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.
Depthsanits
