Son Of A Bricklayer

**Title: Son of a Bricklayer**

(Verse 1)

He was a son of a bricklayer, hands like weathered stone

Built these walls with calloused palms, never left me alone

Brick by brick, stone by stone, he'd lay me down real slow

Whispered secrets in the dark where only shadows grow

(Chorus)

My son, my son, a love unsung

Heavy as the mortar drying on my tongue

My son, my son, what have I done?

Brick by brick, I built this hell for us as one

(Verse 2)

Taught him how to swing a hammer, taught him how to take the pain

Said "real men don't cry, boy," while I broke him again and again

In the back of that old pickup, under that Georgia pine

I gave him something sacred, something twisted, something mine

(Chorus)

My son, my son, a love unsung

Blood and sweat and silence where the hymns should've been sung

My son, my son, Lord the damage done

Brick by brick, stone by stone, I claimed him as my own

(Bridge)

Now that son has a son of his own

I see it in his eyes when he looks at the boy

Same hunger, same shame, same devil on the throne

The bloodline keeps on building, no escape, no joy

(Chorus - Final)

My son, my son, a love unsung

Now he's laying bricks where the nightmare begun

My son, my son, the cycle's spun

Brick by brick, stone by stone, the sin goes on and on

(Outro - whispered, fading)

Son of a bricklayer...

My son... my son...

A love unsung...

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