Echoes of the Aftermath

​[Verse 1]

​Static on the radio, windows rolled down low

We were just two kids with nowhere to go

You were the summer heat, the "maybe" in my head

Everything felt easy in the words we never said

Teardrop letters written by your shaky hand

A world away from what you had planned

But, a phone call changed the rhythm of my heart

"I'm pregnant" you whispered..... And we were right back at the start

​[Pre-Chorus]

Blurry vision, unable to see

Girl, you scared the love out of me

We tried to build a house on a fault line

Would we fix it? Could we go back in time?

​[Chorus]

Oh, the blessing was the chaos!

The greatest thing we ever made

Through the screaming nights and the heavy price

I wouldn’t trade a single day

But we were burning out, we were fading fast

Two broken souls that weren't meant to last

But look at him now, the light in the dark

The beautiful end to a flickering spark

​[Verse 2]

Diapers and deadlines, the walls closing in

We fought a war that neither could win

The "I'm sorrys" were silent, the "I hates" were loud

We lost ourselves inside of the cloud

So we walked away, tore the blueprint apart

Yeah, a decade lost trying to heal a heart

Blurry vision, unable to see

Girl, you scared the love out of me

We tried to build a house on a fault line

Would we fix it? Could we go back in time?

​[Chorus]

Oh, the blessing was the chaos!

The greatest thing we ever made

Through the screaming nights and the heavy price

I wouldn’t trade a single day

But we were burning out, we were fading fast

Two broken souls that weren't meant to last

But look at him now, the light in the dark

The beautiful end to a flickering spark

​[Bridge / Breakdown]

NOW WE’RE OLDER! Older!

LOOKING THROUGH THE GLASS!

Watching the seasons and the years as they pass!

I SEE MY WRONGS! My wrongs!

YOU SEE YOURS TOO!

THE VERSION OF ME THAT WAS BITTER AT YOU!

​(Heavy Breakdown)

IF WE KNEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW!

WOULD WE STILL BREAK EVERY SINGLE VOW?!

REGRET IS A WEIGHT BUT GRACE IS THE KEY!

THANK YOU FOR THE SON YOU GAVE TO ME!

​[Outro]

I’m sorry for the kid I was

Proud of who we've become

It wasn't easy, an unfortunate cause

But, damn, look at our son